Court orders Vancouver newspapers to give police 5,481 photos from Stanley Cup riot night

[Newsjock]

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+Province+release+Stanley+riot+images+before+police+handover/6021323/story.html

The Vancouver Sun and The Province will hand over all photos and video shot during the Stanley Cup riot to Vancouver police after a judge granted a police application, but the newspapers have decided to make every image available to our readers first.

Some 5,481 photos taken during the riot can now be viewed on The Sun’s website at pngphoto.com. These same images will be given to police on Monday as ordered by the court.

“We will reluctantly turn over the photos and videos to police, but remain concerned that the production order turns journalists into evidence gatherers for police,” said Harold Munro, The Sun’s deputy managing editor.

... The Sun is also concerned that Vancouver police will have a large database that includes hundreds of photos of innocent people.

[virgogal]

1. That's the way it is. Cameras are the new "weapons".

[Lionessa]

2. Good, this is one of the more important areas where public video and photos

are good to have around. The idea that they should only catch police misconduct is not one I embrace; I think public video of people in public is a good thing. I don't think state or federal nanny cams are though like at red lights and such, where it's mainly for monitoring childish behavior for making fines. If they were in accident prone intersections and only used to verify accident fault and such, I'd have no problem with them either.