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June 24, 2010

Judge Rules UC Police Illegally Searched Journalist’s Camera
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A California judge has ruled the University of California police
illegally searched the camera of a photojournalist arrested at a
December protest against education budget cuts and tuition hikes. The
journalist, David Morse, had his camera confiscated and was jailed
overnight after demonstrators rallied outside the home of UC Berkeley
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. In issuing the ruling, the judge upheld a
California law restricting police searches of journalists’ unpublished
material.



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