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U.S. NEWS Friday 19 July 2019

Ohio prosecutor argues video release would endanger judges

By MARK GILLISPIE Ohio case law is clear that an incident to describe
Associated Press the video is a public record the protocol in this case,”
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) as the Court of Claims ruled Greiner said.
— An Ohio county prosecu- in February when it said Hanlin told the judges she
tor said Thursday releasing Hanlin had failed to prove met with The AP reporter
security camera footage it was not. who made the request
of a judge being shot and Court of Claims Judge Pat- and showed him a video
wounded would reveal a rick McGrath in his ruling recorded from a street
courthouse’s critical secu- said the video is not a secu- camera owned by the city
rity infrastructure and law rity record because it does of Steubenville and along
enforcement response pro- not contain information with screen shots from the
tocols if provided to The As- used to protect a public of- courthouse camera. The
sociated Press. fice from “attack, interfer- Steubenville video, how-
Jefferson County Prosecu- This undated file still image from video provided by WTOV-TV in ence or sabotage.” ever, did not show the en-
Steubenville, Ohio, shows Jefferson County, Ohio, Judge Joseph
tor Jane Hanlin made those Bruzzese Jr., who was shot and wounded Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, Greiner argued Thursday tirety of the shooting, which
arguments before a three- as he walked toward his county’s courthouse in Steubenville, that the video does not included Bruzzese returning
judge panel during a state Ohio. show any critical informa- fire, and the subsequent
appeals court hearing at Associated Press tion about the courthouse law enforcement response.
the Seventh District Court pending wrongful death der Ohio law. security infrastructure nor is No decision is expected for
of Appeals in Youngstown lawsuit in front of Bruzzese To give the AP the video there any proof the video several weeks.
after the Ohio Court of at the time. Bruzzese recov- would endanger judges has been used to train law Richmond was the father of
Claims ruled in February ered and has returned to and court personnel be- enforcement on the proto- former high school football
the video is a public record the bench. cause it shows how they col for responding to such player Ma’Lik Richmond
and should be released to The AP requested a copy are protected, Hanlin said. an attack in the two years who was convicted of rape
the AP. of the surveillance video re- “The resulting video at the after the shooting. Hanlin in 2013. Ma’Lik, then 17,
Jefferson County Judge corded by a camera posi- Jefferson County Court- failed to provide evidence served about 10 months in
Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was tioned in front of the court- house is actually a primer requested by a special a juvenile lockup after be-
shot outside a Steubenville house. Hanlin denied the for the next attacker on master for the Court of ing convicted with another
courthouse in August 2017 request, saying the video how to do it better and Claims about how the vid- Steubenville High School
by 51-year-old Nathaniel shows sensitive courthouse more effectively,” Hanlin eo is integral to courthouse football player of raping
Richmond, who was then infrastructure and is a secu- told the judges. security and that protocol, a 16-year-old girl during
killed by a probation of- rity record, which exempts The AP’s attorney, Jack Greiner said. an alcohol-fueled party in
ficer. Richmond had a it from public disclosure un- Greiner, countered that “They reverse engineered 2012.(asterisk)q