Monday, June 21, 2010

Judge: UC illegally searched journalist's camera - Boston.com

Judge: UC illegally searched journalist's camera - Boston.com

Judge: UC illegally searched journalist's camera

By Terence Chea
Associated Press Writer / June 21, 2010
Text size +
BERKELEY, Calif.—A judge has ruled that the University of California police illegally searched the camera of a photojournalist covering a protest outside the chancellor's campus home, attorneys said Monday.
Discuss
COMMENTS (0)
Alameda County Superior Judge Yolanda Northridge on Friday invalidated the search warrant used by UC Berkeley police to review photographs taken by David Morse at the Dec. 11 demonstration, according to the Oakland-based First Amendment Project, which represented him.
The judge also ordered the university to return all copies of Morse's photos, which campus police were using as part of their investigation into violence and vandalism the night of the protest.
The First Amendment Project called the ruling a "huge and hard-fought victory for freedom of the press," noting that the judge upheld a California law

GLOBE EDUCATION NEWS

Teachers, city reach extra-hour agreement

Boston school officials announced yesterday that they had reached a tentative agreement with the teachers’ union on a plan to overhaul the city’s 12 underperforming schools, in a new state negotiating process that attempted to resolve a divisive battle over compensating teachers for working extra hours. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)

NIH to examine payback on research grants

The National Institutes of Health spends more than $21 billion a year on research grants, much of it going to Massachusetts scientists. But it’s unclear how much benefit all this taxpayer spending brings. (By Karen Weintraub, Globe Correspondent)

The agony of a girl who just wanted to fit in

Lexi was new to school and intent on being accepted. Then the pictures surfaced and the torment began. It wasn’t a bullying case where the fault was always obvious, or the school failed to react. It was one that shows the grave complexity of this threat to teen life and how hard it can be to combat. (By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff)

Urban schools are focus of BC gift

Boston College will launch an innovative training program for school principals in January to improve urban education and prepare more low-income students for college, with a $20 million donation from Fidelity vice chairman Peter Lynch and his wife, Carolyn. (By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)

Case deepens immigration debate

CAMBRIDGE — The memory is a blurry snapshot in his mind. Eric Balderas was 4 years old, curled up under covers on a raft. He could see the sun poking through the sky, hear whispers above him, and feel the swell of the Rio Grande below. (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)

LATEST EDUCATION NEWS WIRE UPDATES

LATEST K-12 EDUCATION NEWS