For years, he's worked to close the dead suspect loophole. And now it's been flipped on its head.ĭAVIES: That's Texas State Representative Joe Moody, vice chair of the state House committee investigating the Uvalde shooting. You know, this was meant to protect the accused.
Maybe you're wrongfully accused of something. JOE MOODY: The policy consideration is a good one. They were denied, citing numerous Texas Open Records Act exemptions, including one called the dead suspect loophole. SHANNON: From the intimidation of the reporters that we're seeing there to blocking photographers from being able to take pictures to threatening to have secret meetings, maybe even having secret public meeting, we don't know.ĭAVIES: Texas Public Radio and other news organizations filed open records request for public documents related to the May 24 massacre. But Shannon says it appears you value officials are working to keep the truth from coming out. SHANNON: I think what we're seeing is an overall mood of nontransparency happening in Uvalde.ĭAVIES: After the school shooting that left 21 dead, reporters have been trying to get answers.
KELLEY SHANNON: Thank you so much for coming.ĭAVIES: At an open government seminar in San Antonio, people are focused on what's happening 60 miles away in Uvalde. As Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports, the state can invoke something called the dead suspect loophole.ĭAVID MARTIN DAVIES, BYLINE: As the director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Kelley Shannon understands the state's public information law. But in Texas, those records are tough to obtain.
To get the facts, reporters often turn to public information, such as 911 calls, police dispatch recordings and body cameras. Since the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, officials have given out contradictory information.
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