A California appeals court on Thursday rejected a police union's request to stop the public disclosure of an independent consultant report on the 2012 fatal shooting by Pasadena police of an unarmed black teenager.
The three-judge panel ruled that a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge was right to previously decide that the report about the killing of Kendrec McDade should be made public but went too far in redacting portions that he decided were confidential under state law.
The appeals court ordered Judge James C. Chalfant to change his order to allow more portions of the report to be made public, including the consultant's recommendations for the Pasadena Police Department.