That's a socio-cultural issue, not something related to what the law requires because it's the just thing to do. Otherwise, we'd have no knowledge of anything.

That's a socio-cultural issue, not something related to what the law requires because it's the just thing to do. Otherwise, we'd have no knowledge of anything. We fought so hard (US-specific) for the FOIA and that barely even works. Crawling backwards into a decades of state and police corruption isn't the answer. I get what you're saying. There is an imbalance of power between the common citizen and state. Wanting transparency instead of the alternative because of abuse of power is precisely why this should be the norm.