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Not doubting you Fred, just want to see orig. source and catch up w anything else I've missed.
BBM, link, pls, anyone? Thx in adv.
Who shot vid - e.g., passenger in stolen car, or DP reporter, or resident w home/apt facing alley, or dog walker, or jogger, etc?
Legal reasons for DP
not to release it- i.e., post on news website, etc.?
IDK.
1. If DP's own reporter or cam op recorded it, IIUC, not a situation where r
eporter's privilege* or shield law** applies, as that relates to situation where media refuses to disclose or testify about source of info, not to situation where media keeps a lid on info.
2. If DP paid cam op (passenger, resident, jogger, etc) for recording, maybe contract prohibits release to public.
Not likely, imo --- why w/ a paper buy a recording if not for release?
3. If LE employee or MedExam'r employee recorded it, and someone in one of those agencies leaked it to DP or other media,
well, who knows?
4. Poss'ly DP's back-scratching or informal courtesy agreement not to release, w recording provider. Not likely, imo. Also, not a 'legal reason.'
5. Perhaps the DPD asked them very nicely not to release? Poss. Not a legal reason.
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in the United States (also journalist's privilege, newsman's privilege, or press privilege), is a "reporter's protection under constitutional or statutory law, from being compelled to testify about confidential information or sources."[SUP][1][/SUP] It may be described in the US as the qualified (limited) First Amendment right many jurisdictions by statutory law or judicial decision have given to journalists in protecting their confidential sources from discovery. [SUP][2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporter's_privilege[/SUP]
** A shield law is legislation designed to protect reporters' privilege, or the right of news reporters to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process. Currently the U.S. federal government has not enacted any national shield laws, but most states do have shield laws or other protections for reporters in place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_laws_in_the_United_States