Sounds like one of those debates on ethics in a journalism classroom. When are the rights of privacy for the victim(s) overridden by the need for the media to be a watchdog for keeping our society open and free?
Ansel says he "reported" last week, if you can call his high-school level writing a "report". You could get better, more accurate, level-headed writing from a ten year old, which is the level at which he writes.
Get this clown OFF the Stranger, please. We come here to read slightly-lefty skewed articles, not shitty writing that pretends to be good but instead devolves into name calling and one-sided bitchiness.
I feel like this is the sort of video that anybody who wants to should be able to watch, but it doesn't need to be on YouTube or broadcast on TV. The same goes for all the 911 calls, police dash cams, etc.
There should be a set of carrels in the court house where people can access all of the audio and video recordings that the police and other government agencies have, but not be allowed to make copies.
Then people who feel the need to watch this video could and reporters could tell us about what was on it, but it couldn't be exploited.
If this video becomes public, you can bet that people will start withholding evidence that they don't want to be made public. No one has a "right" to see this video simply because it became evidence. And if you think that's not the case, try this one on for size. Your home porno inadvertently captures the likeness of someone passing outside your bedroom window. When viewing your porno, you recognize the face as someone the cops are looking for. Now do you get it?
Get this clown OFF the Stranger, please. We come here to read slightly-lefty skewed articles, not shitty writing that pretends to be good but instead devolves into name calling and one-sided bitchiness.
There should be a set of carrels in the court house where people can access all of the audio and video recordings that the police and other government agencies have, but not be allowed to make copies.
Then people who feel the need to watch this video could and reporters could tell us about what was on it, but it couldn't be exploited.