After filing a lawsuit over access to public records, the ACLU of Missouri has received a “heavily redacted” copy of the incident report on the August 9 shooting of Michael Brown.
This five-page document, released by the Ferguson Police Department, reveals few details about the events of the fatal shooting and lacks even a basic narrative. Tony Rothert, the Missouri ACLU’s legal director, called on the Ferguson Police Department to release a complete copy of the incident report to “begin building public trust.”
MSNBC reports that prosecutors have declared that “no report, narrative, or details from the investigation will be released to the public” while the grand jury is still reviewing the case. As we blogged about in FindLaw’s Blotter last week, the grand jury investigation is likely to last at least through September.
Until then, these paltry reports may be the only publicly available proof of the Ferguson and St. Louis County police departments’ investigations into Michael Brown’s homicide.
Michael Brown Shooting: Redacted Ferguson PD Incident Report by FindLaw
Michael Brown Shooting: St. Louis County PD Incident Report by FindLaw
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