Friday, March 18, 2011

One example of GRAMA's importance

This morning, J. Neilson posted the following story on Utah Citizens FOI Network- Save Utah's Right to Know:

"An officer shot and killed Christopher Tucker after a low-speed chase on I-80. Court papers say dashcam videos don't show Tucker speeding or ramming a police car. The lawsuit contends a collision occurred when an officer used a maneuver to stop Tucker's vehicle. It also alleges that Jones has been trained to "twist the records, the facts, and the circumstances to claim immediate peril, fear and harm to justify his unlawful actions and the use of excessive and unjustified deadly force."

~ lucky they got the dash cam. after hb477 is enacted it wont be easy to get dash cams if even possible at all. they will have the right to not release records if they even suspect they may be used in a future lawsuit. too bad for us, eh? the very fact that a policeman is corrupt will be the reason they will legally be able to deny you records.

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