Alex Welsh, the SFPD, Shield Law and the Responsibilities of a Photojournalist « Prison Photography

Alex Welsh, the SFPD, Shield Law and the Responsibilities of a Photojournalist

THE DOCUMENTS OF A PHOTOJOURNALIST Last April, San Francisco’s Superior Court played host to legal wrangling between the San Francisco Police Department and a young aspiring photojournalist. …

via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/alex-welsh-the-sfpd-shield-law-and-the-responsibilities-of-a-photojournalist/

Legally, this is a very interesting story and ethically it is quite troublesome. Obviously, we don’t know the exact nature of Welsh’s digital files from Friday April 17th. We don’t know if his images held information pertinent to the case. Whether he did or not is of no consequence if you look at this case from only a legal argument position.