In Cincinnati, a body camera was the difference between murder charge and the public’s never knowing what really happened when a campus police officer shot an unarmed motorist at point-blank range.

An Associated Press report is raising conflict-of-interest questions about law-enforcement officials’ ties with Taser International, the leading manufacturer of electro-shock weapons and body cameras.

Body camera footage released Wednesday reveals more details about a traffic stop that led to foot chase, during which a Springfield Police Division officer deployed their Taser, leaving a person in ...