{"id":21835,"date":"2011-01-12T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21835"},"modified":"2011-01-12T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T23:30:21","slug":"pima-county-stonewalling-az-republic-over-documents-related-to-loughner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21835","title":{"rendered":"Pima County Stonewalling AZ Republic Over Documents Related To Loughner (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where is WikiLeaks when you need ’em<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sheriff’s Department and community-college officials in Pima County are refusing to release a wide range of public documents about the man charged in Saturday’s shooting rampage that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Arizona Public Records Law requires that records be “open to inspection by any person at all times” unless officials can prove releasing the information would violate rights of privacy or confidentiality or otherwise harm the best interests of the state<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How about the “best interests” of Sheriff Dumbass’s<\/a> political career?<\/p>\n

On Monday,\u00a0The Republic<\/em> requested copies of any reports from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department involving contacts with Loughner or calls to his house. Pima County Deputy Rene Carlson said her office would not release the reports without a specific date, though this is not required by state statute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This to me is somewhat revealing. It could possibly indicate that the Pima County Sheriff has had more contact with Loughner and his family than they have let on in the past few days (the NY Times has reported multiple police visits<\/a> to the home prior to the rampage) and maybe even had some evidence that he was planning the massacre. I understand that there are multiple different law enforcement agencies that in play here (local police, sheriff, and campus cops, etc.) that don’t always necessarily communicate effectively, but still the unwillingness to release certain documents (which are fairly mundane) give the impression that the Pima County Sheriff has something to hide.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1\/12\/10 4:17 pm EST: <\/strong>The Pima County Sheriff’s office has reversed course and released records pertaining to Loughner<\/a>. According to the AZ Republic<\/a>, Loughner on at least two occasions called the police HIMSELF, in regards to his belief his identity was stolen and somebody “sticking him with a pen” while he was in high school. In another incident it appears he had his stomach pumped after he drank too much. The police were also frequently at the Loughner home, usually related to the family complaining about their neighbors.<\/p>\n

I do not know if this is everything that the Pima County Sheriff has on Loughner and if they are withholding more information. However, it i s clear that law enforcement in the area had a significant amount of contact with the family, especially over the last five years.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1\/12\/10 6:26pm EST: <\/strong>Pima Community College has released records pertaining to Loughner. He had four incidents<\/a> in which he dealt with campus police in 2010 alone. Strangely, one of them involved a pilates class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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