Anti-Slapp motion filed by journalist to get LA lawsuit against him seeking to claw back cop photos dismissed.
Lawyers for a journalist sued by the city of Los Angeles over his role in the publication of photographs of undercover LAPD officers are seeking to have the case dismissed as unconstitutional and retaliatory.
Other attorneys representing Camacho include Susan Seager, head of UC Irvine School of Law’s Press Freedom Project.In its lawsuit, attorneys for the city claim the release of names, photos and serial numbers of more than 9,000 LAPD officers in response to a public records request and related litigation by Camacho was “inadvertent.” The publication of images of those officers who serve in undercover assignments, they argued, posed a safety risk to the officers.
The city attorney’s office is also seeking to have the officers’ photos removed from the Coalition’s website. “Similar to other CPRA requests I’ve made in the past, I requested these records to advance my work, including documentary filmmaking and investigations into policing in Los Angeles,” said Camacho in a statement Tuesday. “Access to police records brings transparency and awareness to the otherwise secret inner workings of the LAPD, an organization that receives billions of dollars from the public.”
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