> Some of the files were later published online, including those of a rogue Fullerton police official who was allowed to resign in a way that would keep her records from being released to the public.<p>Here is the post from the blog about this: <a href="https://www.fullertonsfuture.org/2019/fullerton-police-cut-a-deal-to-bypass-the-law/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fullertonsfuture.org/2019/fullerton-police-cut-a...</a>
>“I’m glad we’re getting our documents back,” Barlow said. “That was the entire goal of the litigation.”<p>Did the bloggers delete the files after they copied them?
Otherwise there is no return of the documents.
That website blocks European visitors for legal reasons. Archive.org link to get around it: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210516204113/https://ktla.com/news/local-news/fullerton-to-pay-350k-to-settle-lawsuit-against-bloggers-take-back-criminal-hacking-accusations/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20210516204113/https://ktla.com/...</a>
Better article:
<a href="https://voiceofoc.org/2021/05/fullerton-settles-lawsuit-against-local-bloggers-for-publishing-secret-city-hall-documents-including-police-misconduct-records/" rel="nofollow">https://voiceofoc.org/2021/05/fullerton-settles-lawsuit-agai...</a><p>They erroneously made the files public on the city's Dropbox account.
>Fullerton’s attorney, Kimberly Hall Barlow, said the city acted in good faith when it filed its lawsuit in 2019.<p>>“I’m glad we’re getting our documents back,” Barlow said. “That was the entire goal of the litigation.”<p>PR Speak fills me with actual rage. Why can't organizations and their agents simply be honest when they are publicly accountable?