Two civil rights case decisions favor reporters: Michigan reporter's suit reinstated; Mississippi journalist settles with city
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Federal cases in Michigan and Mississippi considered whether public officials limiting press access to events violated the civil rights of reporters. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in McBride v. Village of Michiana that city officials were not immune from liability for restricting a reporter's access to public meetings and harassing and intimidating her. In a case that was ultimated settled in favor of the reporter, a reporter had his credentials confiscated for crossing police barricades at an Operation Rescue clinic protest.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1997
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Orange County police officer posed as AP photographer to observe demonstration
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The Westminister, California police department has apologized to the Associated Press for the actions of one of its officers, who used fake AP credentials in order to blend in with a crowd protesting the display of a poster of Ho Chi Minh and a Vietnamese flag at a video store. According to a police department spokesman, the officer acted on his own without prompting from his superiors.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1999
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