Using “John Doe” pseudonyms, they sued over whether the investigation into their activities should be made public. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in February that they can be identified and that they haven’t shown that public release of their names violates their right to privacy. The state supreme court denied reconsideration earlier this month and lawyers for the four officers submitted a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the names remain protected during their legal challenge.
Four officers who attended events in the nation’s capital on the day of an insurrection claimed they are protected under the state’s public records law. They say they did nothing wrong and that revealing their names would violate their privacy.
Well of course it did.
But I don’t understand how clearing the names can protect them from lawsuits - doesn’t being a cop pretty much protect them from consequences anyway?
Sounds like you need to be more creative with “consequences.”
It doesnt protect them. They want to sue other people for releasing their names and for associated “pain and suffering.”
This is a legal maneuver so the traitor cops can sue other people.