Gatehouse Media Ohio Holdings v. City of Columbus Police Department
Ohio Supreme Court ruled officers shot at by a suspect they ultimately killed in return fire are crime victims entitled to privacy right in Ohio’s Marsy’s Law amendment and redacting their identities does not violate any general state constitutional right to access public records
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