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Want to know why almost no info is being released about Breonna Taylor& #39;s death? Let me tell you a story about the time (yesterday) the public info officer for Louisville Metro Police Department made up a section of Open Records Law and then tried to act like it didn& #39;t happen 1/9
On July 11th I sent a detailed records request for info relevant to Breonna Taylor& #39;s case. On July 15th I got a response asking for clarification on 2 items (out of more than 10). I responded the following day (July 16th), and followed up on Tuesday (July 21st). No response. 2/9
So I wrote back Wednesday (7/22) saying unless they sent me the info requested by the end of the next day I was gonna appeal to the AG for failure to comply w/ the law. 4 hrs later I got a reply saying I was wrong, and they had until the 27th. Notice the bold (emphasis added) 3/9
My first reaction was "damn, sounds official." But then I looked at the law they were citing and realized they... weren& #39;t actually citing it. The law very clearly says 10 CALENDAR days. Like, it could not be clearer. Did they just.. make it up? Is this a tactic they use? 4/9
So I replied pointing this out (and using bold, because I am my father& #39;s son). I cited the law, I linked to it, and I asked what they were citing (since it clearly wasn& #39;t the thing they said they were citing) 5/9
An hour later I got a reply. Suddenly, they& #39;re talking about all the work they have, all the work it& #39;s gonna take to produce my request, and how it& #39;ll be 25 business days until they& #39;ll be able to complete it. No mention of the law. Not even a word about what had just happened 6/9
It& #39;s almost certainly not true they don& #39;t have what I asked for already compiled. It& #39;s stuff the FBI would already have asked for. It& #39;s also not true they only produce requests in full (I know this, bc I have requests that were produced piecemeal by the same person!) 7/9
If you& #39;ve made it this far, congratulations. Because there& #39;s a kicker. I was accidentally included on an email reply to my original request, where I& #39;m referred to in the 3rd person and they divulge they& #39;re sending requests to a group or team for which there& #39;s no record online 8/9
And, in case that wasn& #39;t enough, the email they sent me where they tried to act like they hadn& #39;t just been caught fabricating Open Records Law, it wasn& #39;t a reply to meâit was a reply to them forwarding my email to that group. So.. I now have the group& #39;s email 
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I was warned about LMPD, but this is next level. Anyway, last night I filed another records request for everything (memos, emails, employees, etc) about this group/team they seem to be using to coordinate responses or decide what info they will/won& #39;t release. Stay tuned! 10/9
Update: The Public Information Officer is suddenly Out of Office until August 3
*If you know anything or have information that might be relevant and want to talk, my DMs are open and my email is in my bio
