16 media organizations file brief asking that gag order in Waco biker shooting case be lifted
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}More than a dozen media organizations are asking that a gag order imposed in a case connected to a Texas shootout in which nine bikers were killed be lifted.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 15 other organizations, including The Associated Press, have filed a "friend of the court" brief in support of the motion filed by an attorney for Matthew Clendennen, the only person among 177 arrested after the shooting who has filed a lawsuit.
Nine people were killed and 18 injured in the May shootout authorities say arose from a confrontation between motorcycle clubs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The gag order issued in Clendennen's criminal case last month prevents anyone involved from discussing it with media.
The media organizations' brief argues the order is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.