Thread by @OpenVallejo

We have filed an immediate disclosure request for body camera footage of #WillieMcCoy's death. We demand the City of Vallejo #ReleaseTheTapes by end of business today. Read our public records request here: vallejo.nextrequest.com/requests/19-169.

Here is the video we believe supports our argument that the Vallejo Police Department waived all exemptions to disclosure: .

The March 21 disclosure is not the first time VPD has selectively disclosed visual records of an officer-involved shooting to some members of the public, then denied them to the public at large. See vallejo.nextrequest.com/requests/19-85.

On March 28, 2018, VPD allowed select members of the public to view screenshots from an officer's body cam. The still images depicted the fatal February 13, 2018 shooting of Ronell Foster. That officer was also involved in the death of #WillieMcCoy. See timesheraldonline.com/2018/03/28/val….

Despite the fact that the screenshots from the body camera were disclosable public records, and although they might also have become evidence in a federal civil rights lawsuit announced that day, these records were “not retained.” vallejo.nextrequest.com/requests/19-84

"[R]ecords are completely public or completely confidential. The Public Records Act denies public officials any power to pick and choose the recipients of disclosure." Black Panther Party v. Kehoe, 42 Cal.App.3d at 645, 656–657. 📜🏛⚖️ scholar.google.com/scholar_case?c…

Vallejo must #ReleaseTheTapes unedited so the public can assess what occurred in the final moments of #WillieMcCoy and #RonellFoster's lives. vallejo.nextrequest.com/requests/19-169

Update: VPD has informed us they are conferring with legal counsel. The agency has requested a 10-day extension to respond to our request. You can follow the progress of all our requests to the City of Vallejo — or file your own — at vallejo.nextrequest.com.

BREAKING: the @CityofVallejo has released the body camera footage of #WillieMcCoy's death. . We requested the footage on March 25, arguing that all exemptions to disclosure had been waived.

Please note: the video is extremely graphic and may be upsetting.