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LAPD officers who claim they work undercover are suing the city for accidentally releasing their photographs to a journalist. The city, ignoring the Constitution and Supreme Court, is demanding the journalist pay the bill. "Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad" by TDelCoro is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

In 2022, the City of Los Angeles accidentally released photos to journalist Ben Camacho of officers it contends were working undercover, after Camacho sued them to enforce his rights to public records.

Then, last year, the city sued him to get the photos back and to stop him and others from publishing them. That lawsuit, which sought an unconstitutional prior restraint, was bad enough.

But now LA is going even further. After officers sued it for the harm its release of their photos allegedly caused them, the city sued Camacho, contending he should be responsible for the costs of its negligence.

The city ignores that the Supreme Court has ruled four times that, when the government accidentally releases documents to journalists, that’s the government’s problem.

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Advocacy Director Seth Stern wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News about LA’s effort to pass along responsibility for its recklessness to a journalist:

The city has hit the trifecta of anti-press First Amendment violations: first, demanding journalists give back documents the government released, second, censoring journalists from publishing information, and now, holding journalists financially liable for truthful publications — something that, once again, the Court has never permitted.

Read the full op-ed here.

This year's headliners include Chaka Khan, Black Pumas, Big Boi of Outkast, Trombone Shorty, Chingy and Lettuce.

If passed, the church would spend roughly $600,000 to build a cul-de-sac, open its parking lot to the public, and add additional street parking along Clay Ave.

As we reflect on 2023, IMPACT Strategies is thrilled to recap how our Making an IMPACT Foundation was able to support and impact our local community & non-profit organizations. In 2023, Making an IMPACT Foundation (MAI Foundation) awarded $50,000 to help support local community organizations including Hard Hats with Heart (American Heart Association), Pedal the […]

To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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Pretenders have been forced to postpone their upcoming U.K. tour so frontwoman Chrissie Hynde can recover from an injury. “We're champing at the bit to get back on the road, but looks like we’re…

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Democrats returned to the Senate floor Tuesday to again block action on a Republican-backed measure to limit constitutional amendments.

Linda Dickson was dropping off her kids at school, thinking nothing of a small headache, until that headache quickly turned into a sudden cardiac arrest. 

A $4.7 million urban agriculture education center planned for a vacant corner lot in the City of St. Louis has received all necessary approvals from City agencies and neighborhood organizations to move forward as fundraising for the new facility to be used by the Urban Education Alliance nears its goal to begin construction. The Green […]

In our four-part series, 5 On Your Side is highlighting the flaws in Missouri's foster care system. Now, we're showing ways people are trying to bring some ease.

St. Louis, Clay and Jackson counties were listed in the top 10 most at-risk in the nation, the HVAC Gnome ranking found.

The clock could be ticking on local ownership of the Earth City practice facility built for the then-St. Louis Rams.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

Churches and other organizations are holding their annual fish fries this year. Find a fish fry near you by using the map on this page or checking the directory. Don’t see your preferred location? Add a fish fry by filling out this form. St. Louis Fish Fry Directory Most fish fries are held on Fridays during [...]

Three federal judges in Illinois adopted policies in 2020 that could allow female and minority attorneys extra time to make arguments in various court proceedings. In recent weeks, at least two Republican U.S. Senators and one conservative nonprofit group have challenged these policies.

As we’ve written about repeatedly, efforts to protect kids online and improve their mental health at the moment all seem to be focused on taking social media away from them, even though all the evidence suggests this would be harmful, not helpful. Today, we’re joined by Rob Morris, who aims to take a different approach […]

ALTON - Tori Porter has an important role as president of the Alton Branch of the NAACP Youth Council. Porter spends an enormous amount of time mentoring youth to help mold younger people into positive adults with her actions. Following the shooting of a 13-year-old girl in Alton, Porter says those who were involved in this terrible crime were very misguided. Porter said the NAACP Youth Council is recruiting new members from ages 13-24 and encourages those interested to reach out to her. They will be embarking on an abundance of positive community activities as the weather warms and spring and summer arrive. Porter plans to encourage more youth get-togethers at Alton area parks and she said there is a definite need to do something different with Alton area youth in general. “This is a terrible situation with the girl’s shooting and the other shootings,” she said. “We need to try to start preventing violence against each other, it is truthfully ridiculous.

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A St. Louis man is accused of attacking a pastor with a baseball bat last month and stealing their vehicle.