African American males across the United States are to be equipped with body cameras in an attempt to combat the ever increasing crimes committed against them by law enforcement officers.

Experts say that placing cameras on the potential victims rather than the police would be cheaper and save more lives.

"When a routine walk in the park or drive to the mall goes wrong and someone ends up injured or worse, documentation of the incident is critical," said John Chadwick, an expert on crime prevention.

"It's important the cameras have triggers, similar to those on police patrol cars, that will cause the cameras to turn on automatically instead of relying on African American men to turn them on manually, especially if they are going into dangerous situations that require all of their attention, such as going to work, walking down the street, going for a family meal....you know dangerous situations which every African American male faces in the United States today."