Why is California’s attorney general trying to get reporters to destroy a list of police officers convicted of crimes?

There’s a private list containing names of thousands of California police officers who have been convicted of a crime in the past decade. Reporters for the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley got a hold of it and wrote about it. Now California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is threatening legal action against them. 

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Credits

Guest:

  • Robert Lewis - reporter at CalMatters who covers justice issues

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Caitlin Plummer, Rosalie Atkinson, Adriana Cargill