A federal judge Thursday rejected an attempt by DeKalb County, Ga., CEO Vernon Jones to bar public access to a transcript and videotape of his deposition in a civil rights suit he faces by three DeKalb police officers. Jones' lawyers had argued that the suit could embarrass Jones as he campaigns for the U.S. Senate. The judge also labeled as public records several tape recordings of black DeKalb officials as they talked, often crudely, about denying promotions to white employees at Jones' direction.
September 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A federal judge Thursday rejected an attempt by DeKalb County, Ga., CEO Vernon Jones to bar public access to a transcript and videotape of his deposition in a suit that Jones’ lawyers argued could embarrass him as he campaigns for the U.S. Senate.
At the end of an hour-long hearing, U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. ruled from the bench that recordings of Jones’ six-hour deposition in a civil rights suit he faces by three DeKalb police officers should be available to the public.
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