Earlier this week I wrote about Charlie Grapski’s attempt to get at the Ferguson and St. Louis County Police Department’s documentation on Officer Darren Wilson’s killing of Michael Brown via a long string of public records requests under the Missouri Sunshine Act law.
On this week’s BradCast on KPFK/Pacifica Radio, I spoke with Grapski, who heads up PhotographyIsNotACrime.com’s new Opens Records Project, concerning his tireless efforts to obtain the real Incident Report and other documentation of Brown’s shooting from either department — if such documentation actually exists, as is required by law.
Grapski explains that, based on some pretty solid evidence he’s received in response to his open records requests to date, he believes “it’s more likely than not” that an actual Incident Report of the event was created by the police, but that “they have withheld it.” If so, that would amount to a criminal cover-up and a very serious violation of the law. Listen to my full conversation with him for much more.
Also this week, an update to our interview last week with Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) regarding his legislation to demilitarize the police: The President has announced a task force to review the Pentagon’s 1033 program that has transferred billions in surplus arms and other military equipment to local police around the nation. We also covered the latest maddening news in the story of U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller — who presided over the trial political prosecution of former AL Gov. Don Siegelman (D) — as the George W. Bush lifetime appointee to the federal bench attempts to avoid his own prosecution all together after having been recently arrested on charges of beating his wife bloody in an Atlanta hotel room.
Plus: The latest on the GOP’s Photo ID voting battle in WI; Rick Perry’s latest “oops”; the newly published, secretly-recorded audio tapes revealing, once again, how the Republicans and the Koch Brothers now have a death-grip on democracy; and, as usual, the latest Green News Report with the lovely Desi Doyen, and a few other things.
Lots of news, muck-raking and trouble-making in just under 58 minutes. Please enjoy!…
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Looking forward to an update on what the awesome Charlie Grapski finds out. I sure hope Eric Holder finally does his job at least once this one time.
Also:
Why would you want to fire Desi!? Leave Desi Alone!!! (sobs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
(uh…just substitute the name “Desi” in place of “Britney.”)