As they see it.

"Ferguson [Mo.] didn't have a video camera, and we still don't know what exactly happened--video and audio would have put it to rest. Meanwhile, the Ray Rice video said it all."

--New Jersey Senator Donald Norcross (D), who is sponsoring a bill that would require police officers to wear body cameras, at southjerseytimes.com.

"Not only is it our right in state legislatures to do this, it's our obligation to do it. Somebody's got to put a 'whoa' on it."

--Montana Representative Krayton Kerns (R), on states' efforts to nullify federal gun laws, at nbc.com. Kerns sponsored a bill to limit the role of local police in enforcing federal laws.

"This bill is very simple; it just requires colleges to adopt policies concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, gang violence and stalking. They should have already been doing that."

--California Senator Anthony Cannella (R), after passage of a bill that would define sexual consent as "an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity," as reported by AP.

"Two years ago I was just another lying politician. No one believed me. Even I wouldn't have believed me, until the video came out."

--New Jersey Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D), who was cleared of a 2012 DWI charge because a video camera in the officer's car showed he passed...