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A video of a grandmother being tased by Tallahassee Police last week has gone viral, and the video is now being cited as an example of why all police officers should wear body cameras.

We know what happened. Police used a taser on 61 year old Viola Young as she walked away.

But we only know because Chon Richard, the man behind the cell phone video decided what was going on was important to document. “I feel that that’s not the type of treatment you’re supposed to give people that are not supposed ot be doing anything. You’re supposed to be here protecting little kids.”

While the camera doesn’t lie….we also don’t know what was said moments before when Officer Terry Mahan reached out and grabbed Grandmother Viola Youngs wrist. He writes in the probable cause affidavit that he told her she was under arrest.

If the officer was wearing a portable mobile camera on his shoulder, or perhaps on a headband, we’d know exactly what was said to the woman who got tased and what she said in response.

Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri says the only way to know for sure is to make police wear body cameras. It’s the video that helps us know what happened, helps us get to transparency, helps us get ot justice” says Crump.

Chon Richard says from what he’s seen in his neighborhood, the cameras would definitely be a good investment.

It shows that, yea, cameras should be involved because that’s the real truth. They’re officers, they’re human, they can lie, too. Or make mistakes” says Richard.

Only a handful of agencies in Florida use the cameras which can cost up to 500 dollars a piece.