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The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled, 5-2, that media outlets did not need to file a lawsuit to request access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. That decision Thursday reversed a ruling from the state Appeals Court.
The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a dispute pitting a coalition of media outlets against Graham police over release of police video recordings.
The state Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a coalition of media outlets can gain access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. Justices heard an hour of oral arguments in the case Tuesday.
The N.C. Court of Appeals will consider next month a case involving bar owners’ challenge against Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdown orders. Chief Judge Donna Stroud and Judges April Wood and Jefferson Griffin, all Republicans, are scheduled to consider the case on May 9.
In North Carolina, public bodies can only meet behind closed doors for specific reasons, but what goes on behind those doors is still a matter of public record. State statute