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Mich. State Campus Cops Seize HDs With Riot Photos
Spintronic writes "This is old news here but others might be interested. There was a small riot here a few weeks ago due to the early exit of a certain basketball team. Because of riots years ago of a much larger magnitude and the black eye this is giving the university, the cops (local and campus I believe) are out looking to make examples. In their zeal they tried to get all the unaired footage and photos from the local media, who refused to comply. Not to let it go, they went on to seize hard drives from students who took digital photos that night. Here's info from the student nespaper, and here's an editorial."
Unfortunately I don't believe this is true. Look up Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily. It was a case that went to the supreme court, where it was determined that police were in the right when they siezed photos of vietnam war protestors from the offices of the Stanford Daily. This case is why most newspapers destroy any pictures they don't publish.