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Mother of man killed by Denton County deputies in 2019 still holding out for footage

2022-02-25T17:25:07-06:00

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 [...]

Mother of man killed by Denton County deputies in 2019 still holding out for footage2022-02-25T17:25:07-06:00

Federal lawsuit challenges Texas drone law, arguing it unconstitutionally restricts visual journalists

2019-09-26T22:29:36-05:00

Issued by NPPAFor Immediate ReleaseSept. 26, 2019 Austin, Tx. – The National Press Photographers Association, the Texas Press Association and an independent journalist filed a lawsuit today in Austin federal court challenging a Texas law— Texas Government Code Chapter 423—that makes it a crime for visual journalists and others to use drones for newsgathering and other similar activities. Texas’s drone law is among the most restrictive in the country. Chapter 423 makes it a crime and imposes civil penalties on journalists’ use of drones to capture images of a person or privately owned real property, regardless of where the drone is located. The [...]

Federal lawsuit challenges Texas drone law, arguing it unconstitutionally restricts visual journalists2019-09-26T22:29:36-05:00

County’s attorney wants limit on access to information without compensation

2016-04-25T16:53:49-05:00

By Cassie L. Smith Waco Tribune-Herald Originally published April 23, 2016 McLennan County’s attorney hopes leaders adopt a policy aimed at deterring “intentionally abusive” open records requests, while others say the move could be construed as having a chilling effect on access to public information. Attorney Mike Dixon, who represents McLennan County and its officeholders, said county staff is trying to process burdensome active requests before looking into a provision in the Texas Public Information Act that allows counties to charge high-volume requesters for staff time. “There’s an inherent flaw where government assumes that people are going to use the act [...]

County’s attorney wants limit on access to information without compensation2016-04-25T16:53:49-05:00

Bryan councilman files complaint with AG over nearly $1,000 open records charge

2016-04-18T13:27:12-05:00

By CAITLIN CLARK The Eagle Originally published April 17, 2016 In his ongoing effort to learn how much the Traditions Club development has cost the city, Bryan city councilman Mike Southerland filed an open records request earlier this month asking for a spreadsheet of expenditures and revenues from multiple fund accounts related to the project. For staff to fill such a request, the city said, it would cost him $998. City officials estimate at least 40 hours of labor at $15 an hour, $228 in programming minutes, $165 in overhead charges and $5 for paper will be needed to complete the [...]

Bryan councilman files complaint with AG over nearly $1,000 open records charge2016-04-18T13:27:12-05:00

Judge tells two newspapers to preserve emails in capital murder case

2016-01-08T14:57:50-06:00

By Claire Osborn Austin American-Statesman Originally published Jan. 7, 2015 GEORGETOWN — A Williamson County judge ordered the publishers of two newspapers Thursday to preserve any emails they had received this fall from District Attorney Jana Duty about the controversial Crispin Harmel murder case. There has been an order since April prohibiting lawyers involved in the case from talking to reporters about it. Duty has already served time in jail for talking to an American-Statesman reporter about the case while the gag order was in effect. Defense attorneys had subpoenaed the publishers of The Williamson County Sun and The Advocate to [...]

Judge tells two newspapers to preserve emails in capital murder case2016-01-08T14:57:50-06:00

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