freedom of information act
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Christopher Schurr Identified As Officer Who Killed Patrick Lyoya
In a written statement, Michigan Police Chief Eric Windstrom publicly released Schurr’s name Monday as the man who shot Lyoya during traffic stop
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Why Has the Justice Department Redacted a Great Majority of Its Documents Related to Ferguson, Mo.?
There are 400 pages of documents that have been identified by the U.S. Department of Justice as being related to an investigation conducted by its Office of Community Oriented Policing Services after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by then-Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson, and a great majority of the pages were either totally…
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Obama Administration Spent Record Millions in 2016 Fighting Freedom of Information Act Requests
In its final year, the Obama administration spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its refusal to turn over federal records requested under the Freedom of Information Act, according to an analysis of U.S. data conducted by the Associated Press. AP reports that for the second year in a row, the Obama administration…