[Scan-DC] Balt. police settle--$250K for videos they deleted (PDNOnline)

Fri Apr 18 01:14:50 EDT 2014

>Baltimore To Pay $250K for Videos Deleted by 
>Police: A Vindication of Photographers' Rights...
>
>This entry was posted on Thursday, April 17th, 
>2014 at 10:26 am ET by David Walker and is filed 
>under Legal, Photojournalism
>
>The City of Baltimore and its police department 
>have agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a claim of 
>unlawful seizure and destruction of cell phone 
>videos that belonged to a citizen who allegedly 
>recorded police arresting and beating another 
>person.
>
>Police have admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed as part of the settlement
>[....]

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