Tribune Sues Chicago Police Department for Failure to Respond to FOIA Request After McDonald Shooting
Our loyal followers will recall that this past August, we
reported on PAC Opinion 16-006, a binding opinion that found the Chicago
Police Department in violation of FOIA when it failed to provide the requester,
CNN, with copies of emails sent/received by Chicago police officers on their
private accounts and devices that related to the Laquan McDonald shooting. Now, the
Chicago Tribune has filed a lawsuit making similar allegations against the CPD that it violated FOIA by failing to
produce requested emails relating to the Laquan
McDonald shooting.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that the Tribune submitted a FOIA
request for emails related to the shooting on December 17, 2015. The
Tribune then received responses from the CPD that the request was unduly
burdensome. The Tribune alleges that on March 22, 2016, the CPD promised
to produce 375 emails, but failed to do so. The Complaint further alleges
that the denial amounts to retaliatory motivation against the Tribune reporter
who submitted the request as she had previously been involved in a separate
lawsuit by the Tribune against CPD.
The case has been set for an initial case management
conference on April 4, 2017. We will continue monitoring this case and
keeping you updated.
Post Authored by Erin Baker, Ancel Glink
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