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Hickory resident tells council police denied public-records request, says state DOJ intervened
Summary
Slags Garcia, a Hickory resident, told the City Council on Nov. 4 that the Hickory Police Department and the city—s public-records division denied a public-records request he made by phone and that he involved the North Carolina Department of Justice to obtain compliance.
Slags Garcia, a Hickory resident, told the City Council on Nov. 4 that the Hickory Police Department and the city—s public-records division denied a public-records request he made by phone and that he had to involve the North Carolina Department of Justice to obtain the records.
"I exercise my First Amendment right in public buildings, libraries, post offices, city facilities. Every time I do, I encounter people with confusion, resistance, and…
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