BART Withholding Surveillance Videos of Crime to Avoid ‘Stereotypes’

Up until very recently, a lot of the cameras didn't even work.

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/BART-admits-77-percent-o...

"we would certainly face questions as to why we were sensationalizing relatively minor crimes and perpetuating false stereotypes in the process."

Assaulting passengers and robbing them is a "relatively minor crime" now? wow.

Sounds like their refusal is actually reinforcing the stereotypes, if anything.

"According to BART spokesman Taylor Huckaby, state law protecting “juvenile police records” prevents them from showing the surveillance video"

Can someone clarify how this law can apply to video that was shot by BART, not the police? To me it looks like a violation of the 1st amendment to ban publishing privately recorded video, just because it captures a crime.