video evidence
Camera-captured documentation
Video evidence is recorded footage used to support claims in legal, journalistic, or investigative contexts.
Security cameras, body cams, and smartphone recordings all produce video evidence.
The term implies footage that documents what actually happened: The video evidence contradicted the officer's account.
In court, video evidence often carries more weight than eyewitness testimony.
- chain of custodyDocumented evidence handling sequence
- frameSupporting outer structure
- timestampRecorded moment identifier
- body camerasWearable law enforcement recorders
- body cam footageWearable camera recording
dash cam · surveillance footage · forensic analysis · courtroom exhibits · court case · record · suspect identification · exculpatory · clip · viral clip · authentication · civil rights · tape · redaction · journalistic integrity · activism · metadata · fraud detection
- atrocity evidencewitness testimony, witness accounts, mass graves, forensic reports, trial records
- trial evidencewitness testimony, exhibits, fingerprints, audio recordings, expert witness
- evidenceproof, admissible, findings, inadmissible, results
- forensic evidencefingerprints, DNA, blood, DNA testing, bloodstains
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
- Open-and-shut casessmoking gun, slam dunk
video evidenceeyewitness testimony
Evidence from direct observers
oral testimony · witness testimony · hearsay · anecdotal evidence · witness statement
video evidenceeyewitness testimony
Evidence from direct observers
witness testimony · firsthand account · deposition · courtroom testimony · verbal testimony