Public or private?

This picture was taken by a surveillance video within a Seattle jail. It shows shows a county sheriff's deputing beating a 15-year-old girl. In America, is this image -- and the videotape -- public or private? Should it be public or private? Would it be public in your country? Who decides? Why would you argue it should be public? Why would you argue it should be private?



  What about this infamous image? Images like this damaged America's reputation abroad. Why didn't the U.S. government stop media outlets from publishing it? Why would the government allow these images to be published?