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Civil Rights

Oct. 6, 2016

US judge removes confidentiality of police shooting videos

A federal magistrate recently ordered that videos showing the fatal police shooting of an Orange County man be filed without seal, rejecting arguments from police attorneys that the footage is covered by a protective order regarding confidential law enforcement tactics.

By Meghann M. Cuniff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal magistrate recently ordered that videos showing the fatal police shooting of an Orange County man be filed without seal, rejecting arguments from police attorneys that the footage is covered by a protective order regarding confidential law enforcement tactics.

U.S. Magistrate Douglas F. McCormick said Peter J. Ferguson and Allen Christiansen of Ferguson, Praet & Sherman, APC,...

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