News Orgs File Lawsuit in Las Vegas Shooting

While the police are investigating another mass shooting in Texas, the cops in Las Vegas are being sued by news organizations over the Las Vegas shooting.

Seven News organizations are suing the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for refusing to release public records related to the Route 91 concert shooting.

The media companies say that despite repeated requests, police and county officials have refused to produce a log of 911 calls, recordings of 911 calls, preliminary autopsy records from the Clark County coroner, and security camera video obtained during the course of the investigation.

The lawsuit also seeks to unseal 14 search warrants connected with Stephen Paddock and the investigation. 

The lawsuit says the public deserves to know as much as possible about the government’s response to the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s history.
It’s the only way the public can know if the response was “appropriate, lawful, and effective,” according to the court filing.

H/T KNSV

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