By Zaira Perez
Denton Record-Chronicle
Originally published Feb. 23, 2022
More than two years after her son’s death at the hands of Denton County deputies, Cheryl Kristin Adams said she still thinks about the fatal shooting every day.
Adams said she still doesn’t have closure because she said the sheriff’s office isn’t sharing the body camera footage from that night even though she has requested body camera footage showing the shooting of her son, Kristopher Adams, on Sept. 16, 2019. …
Jim Hemphill, an attorney with the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, said the sheriff’s office might be relying on “an exemption that says material regarding an investigation that did not result in charges being filed or an indictment being issued or a conviction can be exempt.”
“That’s used a lot for in-custody deaths,” he added.
It’s a loophole he said advocates in Texas are lobbying the Legislature to close. And, he said, it’s a loophole more and more law enforcement agencies are using to shield information.