Legal Opinion
Baumann v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 4, 2015No. 13-7189PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the .Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) General Order 204.01, Part VI-C-1, the Chief of Police sanctioned Kristopher Baumann for releasing to the media a recording of Emergency Response Team (“ERT”) radio communications that occurred during an incident in which a suspect exchanged gunfire with the police and barricaded himself inside a private home. The General Order does not prevent members of the MPD from speaking publicly about events like the barricade incident. Part VI-C-1, however, prohibits the public…
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