Radley BalkoDec 17, 2022

Judge blocks release of video depicting police dog attack because it’s too graphic and disturbing.

Don’t really get the logic here. All the more reason it *should* be seen.

https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/judge-blocks-release-of-video-of-deadly-police-dog-attack-in-alabama-says-cannot-be-unseen.html

Judge blocks release of video of deadly police dog attack in Alabama, says ‘cannot be unseen’

Joseph Pettaway died more than four years ago after a police dog bit him inside a house in Montgomery.

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Show threaddmvindc
@radleybalko I mean, did you read the story? The concern is over its potential to taint the jury pool for the civil trial that is set. The mag. judge’s ruling clearly turns on that. It’s not a permanent block on releasing the video.
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Show threadRadley BalkoDec 17, 2022
@dmvindc “It took two years for the family’s lawyers to see the bodycam video.”
Show threaddmvindcDec 17, 2022
@radleybalko Yeah, that is absurd, for sure. And yet the fact remains, trial is set to begin in less than two months. 🤷‍♂️