Latest: A Florida judge has blocked a local newspaper from publishing jailhouse surveillance footage that it says contradicts a sheriff's narrative of how a mentally ill man died during a violent cell extraction reason.com/2024/10/01/a...
A Florida newspaper reports that video of a mentally ill man's violent death in a county jail contradicts the sheriff office's narrative of what happened.
But mah free speeches.
“The MCSO denied the [records] request, citing an exemption to Florida's Sunshine Law that protects footage that would reveal the safety vulnerabilities of buildings like jails.” Mostly protects footage that would reveal the criminal vulnerabilities of thugs like jailers.
Congratulations to the Gazette’s lawyer, @yashaslater.com!
Damn. I posted just hours ago needling my friends over here in England about how their courts grant prior restraints. Even worse, what’s happening here is that the courts HAVEN’T granted a prior restraint, but right-wing journalists promoted stupid rumors that they had I may never live this down
Uhh. Can the government do that?