Judge orders Seattle media outlets to provide law enforcement with unpublished protest videos

A judge ruled that media outlets in Seattle have to hand over unpublished videos of protests to law enforcement officials.

The ruling by King County Superior Court Judge Nelson Lee requires outlets to comply with a subpoena and provide the Seattle Police Department with unpublished video and photos from a May 30 racial justice protest that turned violent, according to the Seattle Times. He determined that the subpoena was enforceable because the photos and video were critical for an investigation into the alleged arson of SPD vehicles and the theft of police guns.