California Appeals court asked to decide officer-identity case
Submitted by webmaster on January 26, 2012 – 23:15No Comment
By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times – January 26, 2012, 9:07 p.m.
Echoing arguments that have repeatedly been made in Southern California courts in recent years, a city, its police union and a newspaper sparred before an appellate panel Thursday over whether the name of an officer involved in a fatal shooting was public information.
In arguments before the 2nd District Court of Appeal, the city of Long Beach and the Long Beach Police Officers’ Assn. asked justices to…[for full story: http://defender411.us/yKbmBa ]
