Texas Law Enforcement Is Aggressively Fighting Public Records Requests About the Uvalde Mass Shooting

In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde Texas, news outlets around the country have filed scores of public records requests trying to uncover more information about the delayed police response, but law enforcement agencies are fighting to reject those requests.

Last week, a law firm representing the city of Uvalde sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General's Office asking it to rule on whether the city can cite an avalanche of exemptions—52, according to the Associated Press—that it believes should allow it to deny public records requests from numerous media organizations related to the May shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.