Cameron must make the recordings available under an order Wednesday from
The materials were originally set for release Wednesday, but Cameron was given until Friday afternoon after he asked for more time to redact private witness information.
The recordings should reveal the evidence that jurors used to indict one of three
Officer
The decision not to file murder charges led to national protests last week and calls from
Cameron reluctantly agreed last week, despite what he called "an ethical obligation not to release the recording from the grand jury proceedings" and concerns that doing so "could compromise the ongoing federal investigation and could have unintended consequences such as poisoning the jury pool."
One of the jurors filed an unusual motion to release the recordings, citing a public interest in understanding how Cameron interacted with the jury and how indictment decisions were made.
Cameron said last week he never recommended any murder charges to the grand jury because his investigation found evidence that all three officers were justified in using their weapons during the raid.
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