Question about request: Audio and/or video of shooting of Siale Angilau in U.S. District Court

Asked by Ben Winslow on May 1, 2014.

1 answer from Michael Morisy.

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Ben Winslow

The subject in question is dead. It happened in a public courtroom inside the new U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.

Michael Morisy

Hey Ben,

So for an administrative appeal, I would focus on a couple of arguments:

  • That a blanket denial is probably excessive, and that the material should actually be reviewed since this (presumably?) occurred as part of an open court hearing.

  • That this material was generated in a public setting, and that there are already numerous witnesses, so it is not disclosing previously secret law enforcement techniques.

I think an administrative appeal has a good shot.