State constitution allows shielding of officer names in police shootings, SD Supreme Court rules

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 543

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Officers who shoot when threatened can shield their names from public view under the victims’ rights clause of the South Dakota Constitution, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

The Wednesday decision came in one of the criminal cases filed against Samir Albaidhani, who’s been convicted in one county and has an open case in another for a series of interactions with law enforcement last year.

Albaidhani fired on and struck one of the two Sioux …

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