State Sen. Roland Gutierrez has sued the Texas Department of Public Safety after the agency denied the lawmaker's request for records related to last month's shooting in Uvalde.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez speaks on the lawn of the Uvalde County Courthouse earlier this month.
Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat whose district includes Uvalde, said DPS has"unlawfully denied" his request and hasn't responded to the senator within the timeframe set forth in Texas law. The lawmaker also accused the agency of spreading"misinformation and outright lies," while failing to provide Uvalde residents – including families of the victims – with information about the response.
In his complaint Gutierrez provides a timeline of some of what he calls “a concerted effort to misinform.”have largely been spurned and some of the reasons agencies have given to withhold information, including one from DPS that releasing body camera footage"would provide criminals with ‘invaluable information.
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