Police Body Camera question - officers watching the video

Help me out with this as I am legit confused, they had a riot in Portland yesterday over the issue of police body cameras. Specifically, allowing officers to view the video prior to writing their reports. The protestors don't want the officers to be allowed to view the video. This confuses me.

If you let them watch the video and their report then accurately reflects the events as they occurred, how is that a bad thing? Is the idea that they want every small inconsistency to be an argument for people to get out of charges? Does anyone think that they remember things 100% accurately in a stressful situation?

I am not talking about an obvious misstatement of facts like saying someone had a gun when they didn't but rather small things like the exact words in a confession or which pocket an officer finds something in, etc.

From the article if you are interested:

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Police used pepper spray and arrested 10 people as demonstrators stormed City Hall in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday trying to stop the City Council from voting on a new police contract that includes more pay for officers and raised questions about the future use of body cameras.

Police watchdog groups grew concerned earlier this month when an initial version of the contract guaranteed officers the right to view body camera footage before writing up any non-fatal encounters with civilians.

That language led to several smaller protests and sit-ins in the weeks leading up to Wednesday's vote.

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