Steve Chapman: Why don't more cops go to the videotape?

Editor’s Note: Steve Chapman is on vacation. The following column was originally published in December 2006.

One afternoon in November 2006, Houston Texans lineman Fred Weary was pulled over by Houston police for a traffic violation. The cops say he was belligerent and uncooperative. Weary’s lawyer says he did as he was told. What no one disputes is that the story had an unhappy ending. The officer shot him with a Taser before handcuffing and arresting him.