The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled, 5-2, that media outlets did not need to file a lawsuit to request access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. That decision Thursday reversed a ruling from the state Appeals Court.
The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a dispute pitting a coalition of media outlets against Graham police over release of police video recordings.
The state Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether a coalition of media outlets can gain access to law enforcement video recordings from a 2020 protest in Graham. Justices heard an hour of oral arguments in the case Tuesday.
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The N.C. Court of Appeals will consider next month a case involving bar owners’ challenge against Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdown orders. Chief Judge Donna Stroud and Judges April Wood and Jefferson Griffin, all Republicans, are scheduled to consider the case on May 9.