If you didn’t know any better, you might think that law enforcement agencies were deathly allergic to transparency to the point that police officers carry EpiPens next to their service pistols.

According to ABC7, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) is refusing to publicly release the body camera footage that shows what happened when former NFL player Doug Martin died while in their custody. On October 18, Martin’s parents called the police to help them find their son as he had fled from their home in the midst of a mental health crisis. Officers located the ex-Raiders baller inside a neighbor’s home, where he allegedly made force entry, and placed him under arrest.

“Feeling overwhelmed and disoriented, Doug fled his home during the night and entered a neighbor’s residence two doors down,

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