- Five Chicago police officers have sued the Chicago Sun-Times over publishing photo lineups that included names and faces of the officers standing next to Richard J. Vanecko, former Mayor Richard Daley's nephew.
The federal lawsuit alleges that the newspaper violated the officers' privacy by disclosing personal information on their drivers' licenses, such as height and weight. The Sun-Times obtained the information from the Illinois Secretary of State's motor vehicle records, the complaint said.
[...] Police officers are commonly used in lineups, according to the suit. But the complaint alleges that the publication of the personal information violated the Drivers Privacy Protection Act and that the officers are entitled to monetary damages.
So if we're understanding this, the lawsuit isn't based on the fact that the officers were identified in the paper, it's the way the Slum Times obtained the info via government sources and then publicized it?
We'd dearly love to see Vanecko in jail, and so would the Sun Times. But they don't seem to care about collateral damage.