--- description: A police officer was legally justified in shooting an unarmed man, a Salt Lake City district attorney said Tuesday, in a decision based on video... title: D.A.: Body-Cam Video Justifies Utah Officer Shooting of Unarmed Man image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06cd60faf785bcf2/6986a002169ab064e827ac87/police-camera-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [justice](/tag/justice/) ## justice Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # D.A.: Body-Cam Video Justifies Utah Officer Shooting of Unarmed Man by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 2014 9:27 PM CUT  A Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body camera during a demonstration for media on Jan. 15, 2014. A Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body camera during a demonstration for media on Jan. 15, 2014.Damian Dovargane—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 1, 2014 9:27 PM CUT A police officer was legally justified in shooting an unarmed man, a Salt Lake City district attorney said Tuesday, in a decision based on video from the officer’s body camera. The case is the first time the district attorney there has relied on body-cam evidence to determine whether an officer-involved shooting could be justified. Dillon Taylor, 20, was shot to death by Salt Lake City officer Bron Cruz on Aug. 11 after police received a report about three men who were seen near a 7-Eleven, possibly flashing a gun, reported NBC affiliate KSL… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d-body-cam-video-justifies-utah-officer-shooting-unarmed-man-n215726 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3453770/body-cam-video-utah-officer-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3453770/body-cam-video-utah-officer-shooting/"},"headline":"D.A.: Body-Cam Video Justifies Utah Officer Shooting of Unarmed Man","datePublished":"2014-10-01T21:27:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:31:56.701Z","description":"A police officer was legally justified in shooting an unarmed man, a Salt Lake City district attorney said Tuesday, in a decision based on video...","url":"https://time.com/3453770/body-cam-video-utah-officer-shooting/","keywords":["justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06cd60faf785bcf2/6986a002169ab064e827ac87/police-camera-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06cd60faf785bcf2/6986a002169ab064e827ac87/police-camera-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"police body camera los angeles","caption":"police body camera los angeles","creditText":"Damian Dovargane—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3453770/body-cam-video-utah-officer-shooting/","name":"D.A.: Body-Cam Video Justifies Utah Officer Shooting of Unarmed Man"}}]}] ```