Lawmakers throughout the USA are grappling with just how much the public is entitled to see when a police body camera has recorded a volatile or even mundane incident on video. Since the beginning of the year, lawmakers in at least 15 states and Washington, D.C., have introduced legislation that would limit release of footage […]
Jeb Bush pounces on Hillary Clinton’s e-mail woes — but he’s not perfect either – The Washington Post
Presumptive GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush pounced late Monday after news reports revealed that Hillary Rodham Clinton had used a private e-mail account as secretary of state and didn’t routinely turned over her correspondence for government records collection. “Transparency matters,” Bush wrote on Twitter just hours after the news broke. His message said that Clinton’s “emails should be released” […]
South Beach free-speech advocate, jailed for fatal DUI wreck, wants records sealed – Miami Herald
Former South Beach resident Sean Casey built a career on promoting the freedom of journalists across Latin America. And when he mowed down an elderly woman in a drunk-driving wreck in 2001, Casey and supporters cited press freedom in calling for the courts to unveil evidence they insisted showed that he’d been unfairly convicted. His […]
