LAT/AP: L.A. County Refuses to Release Gibson Arrest Tapes

[DeepModem Mom]

County Refuses to Release Gibson Arrest Tapes
From Associated Press
August 8, 2006

Authorities have refused to release video and audio tapes of Mel Gibson's drunken driving arrest, saying the material is part of an "investigatory file" and exempt from the California Public Records Act.

TMZ, a celebrity news Web site, had asked Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for tapes of the incident in which Gibson uttered obscenity-laced, anti-Semitic comments.

TMZ argued that the tapes should be seen and heard by the public to assess whether the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department gave Gibson preferential treatment.

"The records you have requested are records of the investigation and part of the investigatory file in this matter," replied Gary P. Gross, principal deputy for the county counsel's office. So they must remain sealed, Gross said.

Gross' letter listed basic facts about the arrest but made no mention of Gibson's anti-Semitic remarks at the deputy who pulled him over on Pacific Coast Highway....

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gibson9aug09,0,1843101.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[noel adamson]

1. Arrest report appear to be available however;

http://www.humboldtcorruption.org/gibson_wm_docs_072806.pdf

[zonkers]

2. Like to see the funny movies the intenets crowd'll make from that footage

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Play it on C.O.P.S.