Featured Decision: Police Officers Involved in Highway Shooting Were Crime Victims

The Supreme Court of Ohio’s decision on whether Columbus police officers involved in a highway shooting were crime victims is the latest “Featured Decision” video.

The video shares the case of a Columbus Dispatch request for unredacted footage from the dashboard and body cameras of two unidentified officers who were targeted by a criminal offender during a shootout in the middle of Interstate 70 near Columbus in July 2023. Columbus police denied the request, stating that police officers fired on by an armed robbery suspect are “crime victims” under the Marsy’s Law provision in the Ohio Constitution, and their identities can be redacted from public records.