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Reason Magazine
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A North Carolina state trooper shot Lydia Nikac's two dogs, but an appeals court ruled she doesn't have a right to publish body camera footage of the shooting under the state's restrictive public records laws.

reason.comNorth Carolina woman doesn't have First Amendment right to publish video of cop shooting her dogs, court rulesThe ruling upholds North Carolina's restrictive body camera law, which makes police footage nonpublic by default and limits public access.

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PinkFreud
@alaskarebel.bsky.social

This is an example of how poorly trained these people are who carry guns. This trooper had a knee-jerk reaction & fear of dogs—-I hope he is fired & can’t get another police job.

Gary McGath
@gmcgath.bsky.social

I can see the need to protect people's privacy, since bodycams can record all kinds of interaction with the police. But I'd say that the burden should be on the police to establish a need to protect privacy. There doesn't seem to be one in this case.