Los Angeles' lawsuit seeks to shift blame over release of LAPD undercover officer photos
In an increasingly tangled legal battle over the publication of LAPD officers' photos on a police watchdog website last year, the city of Los Angeles has taken new legal action against the journalist and activist group that obtained the images through a public records request.
The move follows several hundred city police officers' suing the city in a case that seeks damages for the "negligent, improper and malicious" release of the photos, which totaled more than 9,300 images, including some of officers said to work undercover.
Now, the city is pointing blame at Ben Camacho, a reporter with Knock LA who published the photos with the help of the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, a group that advocates for the abolition of
