You then find out within 24 hours of the accident that pictures of your daughter have been posted on sites like bangedup and ogrish. When I say pictures of your daughter I mean pictures of her insides, half of her face...etc.
Then you find out that it was a Highway Patrol officer that posted the pictures.
Apparently, if you or your loved ones are killed in a crash or murdered there are pretty good odds you or them will end up as a gag for freaks on the internet, courtesy of your government employees. Where do you figure those sites get most of their pictures?
The argument against the suit:
Reich and co-defendant Thomas O'Donnell, who reportedly still works as a CHP dispatcher, cite in court papers their First Amendment rights to free speech in being responsible for the worldwide distribution of the photos through cyberspace.
Nikki's right to privacy also ended with her death, said Schlueter, citing case law.
O'Donnell has admitted to e-mailing the photos to his home computer, but said in court papers that he had the right to do so within the scope of his employment.
The argument for the suit:
An attorney for the Catsouras family said CHP regulations were violated by the photo leak, and that the agency and dispatchers must be held accountable. Accident-scene photos are supposed to be used only for investigative purposes.
"To hide behind First Amendment rights is completely wrong,'' said Tyler Offenhauser, of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara in Newport Beach. "There's no public interest in these photos.''
Personally, I think those two officers should be killed with a claw hammer.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu … =300948762
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162007/en … llahan.htm
Then you find out that it was a Highway Patrol officer that posted the pictures.
Apparently, if you or your loved ones are killed in a crash or murdered there are pretty good odds you or them will end up as a gag for freaks on the internet, courtesy of your government employees. Where do you figure those sites get most of their pictures?
The argument against the suit:
Reich and co-defendant Thomas O'Donnell, who reportedly still works as a CHP dispatcher, cite in court papers their First Amendment rights to free speech in being responsible for the worldwide distribution of the photos through cyberspace.
Nikki's right to privacy also ended with her death, said Schlueter, citing case law.
O'Donnell has admitted to e-mailing the photos to his home computer, but said in court papers that he had the right to do so within the scope of his employment.
The argument for the suit:
An attorney for the Catsouras family said CHP regulations were violated by the photo leak, and that the agency and dispatchers must be held accountable. Accident-scene photos are supposed to be used only for investigative purposes.
"To hide behind First Amendment rights is completely wrong,'' said Tyler Offenhauser, of Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara in Newport Beach. "There's no public interest in these photos.''
Personally, I think those two officers should be killed with a claw hammer.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu … =300948762
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162007/en … llahan.htm
