Colorado appeals court orders release of bodycam footage…
Originally reported by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — 2025-08-14
The city of Lakewood, Colorado, has released body-worn camera footage depicting the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old girl after an appeals court ruled that state law “unambiguously required” its disclosure. In July, a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling in favor of Scripps News, which sought the footage nearly two years ago under Colorado’s Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act. The landmark police accountability law, passed in 2020, affords the public prompt access to bodycam footage of the death of a civilian following a complaint of police misconduct. Scripps News was represented in the lawsuit by Rachael Johnson, the Colorado Local Legal Initiative attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and local attorney S
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Colorado appeals court orders release of bodycam footage showing fatal police shooting — Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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