Seattle suing attorney over request for dash cam videos.

As an attorney investigating claims made by clients that they had been abused by Seattle police officers, James Egan did what any good lawyer would do.

He filed public records request with the Seattle Police Department, asking them to release several dash cam videos that likely would prove his clients’ claim were right.

Instead of handing him the videos, Seattle police slapped him with a lawsuit, accusing him of prying into the private lives of police officers by making his valid requests.

The city attorney wants a court to decide. He says the Washington privacy act says the videos can't be made public until final disposition of related litigation.

In other words not until the officers can no longer be sued for what they did in the video and that's three years under the statute of limitations.http://www.king5.com/news/Seattle-suing-attorney-over-dash-cam-videos-136707268.html

Seattle Court Filing:
http://www.abajournal.com/files/COMPLAINT_FOR_DECLARATORY_AND_INJUNCTIVE_RELIEF_FINAL.pdf