Policy Limits How Police Share Body Camera Footage in NC
Under a 2016 law passed by the N.C. General Assembly, footage from cameras worn by law enforcement officers is not considered public record in the state. Critics of this law have set out to change it.
April 30, 2021 •
Shutterstock/Kristi Blokhin (TNS) Hours after an officer shot and killed 16-year-old Ma Khia Bryant on April 20 in Ohio, police released on-the-scene video from the officer s body-worn camera.
The Columbus Police Department was able to share the footage quickly because of a 2019 Ohio law that made such videos public record.
But a far different story has unfolded in North Carolina, where 42-year-old Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by sheriff s deputies on April 21.
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York County clerk of courts effectively cuts off free public access to criminal records
The move runs afoul of both the Pennsylvania and U.S. Constitutions and common law principles that require open courts, media law experts say.
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York County Clerk of Courts Dan Byrnes has effectively cut off the public’s ability to view criminal court records for free, a move that runs afoul of both the Pennsylvania and U.S. Constitutions and common law principles that require open courts.
In the past, there were two computers in the office, which is on the first floor of the York County Judicial Center. People could use them to look at documents the clerk no longer has paper files with a software called Laserfiche. The department removed them in recent years.
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Apple-Epic Trial Won t Be Video Streamed, Judge Says
Law360 (April 21, 2021, 6:06 PM EDT) The California federal judge overseeing the upcoming bench trial in Epic Games antitrust suit against Apple told a group of media organizations on Wednesday that she d deny their request for video access to the proceedings, saying coverage would be limited to streamed audio and a single pool reporter.
During a pretrial hearing on Zoom, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which represents a coalition of 18 media outlets, that she ll designate one seat in the courtroom for a single pool reporter. She gave the coalition until Friday to propose a protocol for.
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