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How much does it cost to get information about a cop who punched someone in the face? About $2.5M, plus 44,816 hours of staff time, according to the Eugene, OR, Police Department. If that sounds absurd, it’s because it is. Watch @laurenleharper.bsky.social explain:

youtube.comFee bullying: How the government prices the public out of public recordsYouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation

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$2.5M and 44,816 hours of staff time to see one use-of-force record. That's not a fee schedule, it's a wall. Records laws exist so we can audit the people with badges. Fee walls are how agencies buy secrecy.