On Friday the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the Metropolitan Police Department must release all video and audio footage from the Las Vegas mass shooting.
“The speed with which the Supreme Court made this decision reflects the complete absence of merit in the Metropolitan Police Department’s arguments,” Glen Cook, editor of the Review-Journal Executive, said Friday.
Back in February a Clarke County judge ruled the department had 30 days to hand over all of the records. They appealed, stating cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and take a lot of time to produce the audio and video footage.
Per Las Vegas Review-Journal:
In March, District Judge Richard Scotti gave Metro a total of six months to fulfill the request, but ordered the department to immediately begin releasing the records on a “rolling basis.” Scotti also ruled that Metro could not charge for production of the records.
Metro initially appealed Scotti’s ruling in district court, but about a month later, the department changed its appeal to be with the Nevada Supreme Court. That move prompted District Judge Stefany Miley to accuse Metro of intentionally stalling the release of records, which she considered “gamesmanship.”
The Friday ruling means the department is compelled to begin releasing the footage and audio. It remained unclear if any records would be released as soon as Friday afternoon.
“It is my personal hope that every other Southern Nevada government entity that is flagrantly violating the Nevada Public Records Act will see this decision — and so many others that have preceded it — and finally understand the futility of their embrace of secrecy,” Cook said.
In January, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and other media organizations successfully sued for the release of autopsy records and search warrant records from the Oct. 1 shooting.
There are many people who have been waiting for this footage to be released. In Las Vegas nearly everything is under surveillance so people don't understand why it wasn't easier to obtain more video footage of a mass shooting.
Check out the responses from Twitter:
Uh oh, here we go. BREAKING: FBI NIGHTMARE; Supreme Court orders release of audio, video from Las Vegas shooting massacre! The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the Metropolitan Police Department must begin releasing body camera footage and 911 call audio pic.twitter.com/LTgkMJsNZD
— Honor-The-Fallen-Never-Forget-Their-Sacrifice (@Trump45awesome) April 27, 2018
the month that followed the incident, a staggering seven key witnesses have died in very suspicious circumstances.Of all of those seven people, every single one of them had something in common, other than being there during the shooting: https://t.co/e8JhqvEgBB
— Trmpwin (@HillestadNils) April 25, 2018
WHY DO SURVIVORS OF LAS VEGAS SHOOTING KEEP GETTING KILLED?
Who is killing them?
What is the purpose of killing them?
Is there a cover-up about what REALLY happened in LV?
So MANY survivors have been killed, TOO MANY COINCIDENCES!!#Qanon #LasVegasShooting #GreatAwakening pic.twitter.com/DAA3K1CVah— Damien De Ment - Former Democrat (@MrDamienDeMent) April 17, 2018
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