The Berkeley City Council has voted by a narrow 5-3 margin to approve a resolution that orders the city’s Police Department not to post photos of people arrested at protests unless they pose an immediate threat to the public’s safety.
Councilwomen Cheryl Davila and Kate Harrison proposed changing the Police Department’s photo policy after the department released mugshots of anti-fascist counterprotesters who were arrested at an anti-Marxism rally in Berkeley on Aug. 5.
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