Bill Would Keep Assault Video Secret

The release of videos like the one last week showing a 15-year-old girl being beaten inside the Downtown Transit Tunnel as guards stood by and watched would be restricted by a bill being considered by state lawmakers. Open government advocates warn that Senate Bill 6431 would shield public transit operations from proper scrutiny. “The bill claims to be about protecting the public from those who might try to ‘track or monitor an individual’s use of public transportation facilities or service.’ What the bill would actually do is protect government from criticism or liability by keeping video like the bus tunnel attack from public eyes,” Toby Nixon, president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government, said in an e-mail/ Chris Grygiel , Strange Bedfellows, Seattle P-I. More here .

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