A Manhattan judge ordered the NYPD to release surveillance records related to protests in the wake of the 2014 death of Eric Garner after finding no evidence that the information would threaten public safety.
Black Lives Matter demonstrator James Logue sued the NYPD last year after the agency denied a Freedom of Information Law request for videos and communications about undercover officers monitoring protests at Grand Central Terminal from November 2014 to January 2015.
The NYPD argued that handing over the information would endanger undercover officers and reveal operational tactics.
But Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez wrote that the NYPD failed “to meet their burden” of proving that making the materials public “could endanger the life and safety of any person.”
A city Law Department spokesman said, “We are reviewing the decision with the NYPD, and will respond accordingly.”
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