Lawyers for the city, responding to a request to unseal records of police surveillance leading up to the 2004 Republican convention in New York, say that the documents should remain secret because the news media will “fixate upon and sensationalize them,” hurting the city’s ability to defend itself in lawsuits over mass arrests.
Right. And another thing.
In papers filed in federal court last week, the city’s lawyers also say that the documents could be “misinterpreted” because they were not intended for the public.
OK, let's have a little reality check here, New York. Interpreting those documents is the public's freakin' job. And you know as well as I do they can do that job just fine - which is what you're worried about, isn't it? You bet.
Link: New York Times
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