In the United States, the Fourth Estate, also known as the Fourth Power or the fourth branch of government, has always been a popular label for the media’s role in a free society. But in the state of Virginia, legislators want to remove that power from the press by shielding police officers from public scrutiny. Senate Bill 552, which has
Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Will Effectively Turns Cops Into Secret Police
“It’s like a secret police force. A police force the public must pay for, but a police force the public is not entitled to look at with any scrutiny”.
