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A Virginia lawmaker wants to make FOIA requests cheaper or free Some government and police groups aren t happy about it

A Virginia lawmaker wants to make FOIA requests cheaper or free. Some government and police groups aren’t happy about it. Graham Moomaw © Provided by Richmond-Petersburg WWBT Del. Danica Roem, D-Prince William. To make the case for why Virginia’s public-records law needs to work better for reporters and citizens alike, Del. Danica Roem told the story of a constituent, Stephanie Minor, who Roem said spent seven months fighting Prince William County Public Schools for access to video footage showing her autistic daughter being dragged off a school bus. For Minor to see what had happened, the school system wanted her to pay $2,500, down from an initial estimate of $8,800 for the video and staff emails, to cover its costs of producing the video and redacting it to blur out other students.

Lawmaker: Public records should cost citizens less

Photo/Federal Drug Administration State law stipulates how public records custodians can charge for requested documents and information that require staff time to assemble and/or redact if those records include confidential components. Virginia Mercury Photo/Ned Oliver “If we are going to have a bias . . . it should be that we err on the side of acknowledging that public documents are public,” Del. Danica Roem says. “As opposed to the hassle, time and cost to government.” The idea there is if you’re going to give people carte blanche to make local government turn over documents, they’re going to use that tool inappropriately.

New data shows Virginia police are more likely to stop and search Black drivers

New data shows Virginia police are more likely to stop and search Black drivers A police car in Richmond, Va. (Source: Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) By Ned Oliver | May 19, 2021 at 8:40 AM EDT - Updated May 19 at 8:40 AM Black drivers in Virginia are almost two times more likely than white drivers to be pulled over by police and three times more likely to have their vehicles searched, according to data collected under the state’s new Community Policing Act. The records offer a first-of-its-kind look at traffic enforcement in Virginia, even as the disparities they document do not come as a surprise.

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