Cory Doctorow reports:
Har-har-f[...]k-you, said Albequerque's murderous, lawless police department, as they fulfilled a records request from Gail Martin, whose husband was killed by them, by sending her encrypted CDs with the relevant videos, then refusing to give her the passwords.
I really liked Cory's to-the-point description, but Boing Boing originally got the story from Tim Cushing at Techdirt.
Now the APD's being sued. The firm is seeking not only access to the password-protected videos, but also damages and legal fees. According to the firm, access to these videos is crucial to determining whether or not Gail Martin has a legitimate civil rights case. Without them, the firm is no better positioned to make this call than the general public, which has only seen the lead-in and aftermath of the shooting.
This isn't the APD's only legal battle related to its IPRA non-compliance. Late last year, KRQE of Albuquerque sued it for "serial violations" of the law. That's in addition to the one it filed over a 2012 incident, in which the PD stalled on its response to a journalist's public records request before releasing the requested footage at a press conference, basically stripping the reporter of her potential "scoop."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 09 2015, @10:20AM
Fine, point motherfucking taken.
Now admit you are too lazy to actually fucking look into it yourself.
When I come across an article that I disagree with, I research it and see if there is other information out there to dispute the facts. If there is I post it in the comments and get a +5 Informative in a few minutes. You seem to have some sort of compulsion to just shit on the conversation instead.
Frankly it looks like you want the Michael Brown story posted. I am guessing that you are the submitter, I fully plan to troll the fuck out of that article now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 09 2015, @12:51PM
Frankly it looks like you want the Michael Brown story posted. I am guessing that you are the submitter, I fully plan to troll the fuck out of that article now.
Go for it. The story itself is just one big troll of the "you dummies all suck" variety.