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I have asked the Solano County DA's Office to provide its report clearing the Vallejo police officers who shot Willie McCoy. The DA's office wouldn't provide it, and referred me to @michaelramos, the former prosecutor who acted as independent counsel. Will update when I get it.
Update: The @VallejoPD provided this statement, but also declined to provide the findings of the special prosecutor. I am puzzled why both government agencies involved refuse to provide this public record and instead tell me to seek it from a private citizen.
Why is the special prosecutor @michaelramos doing TV interviews while no one will provide the actual findings of his investigation? It's a public record, you don't get to do a PR rollout to your favorite reporters. The lack of transparency is unacceptable. https://twitter.com/henrykleeKTVU/status/1349925755388534787
There is extensive case law prohibiting government agencies from providing preferential treatment to media under the First Amendment, including but not limited to the California appeals court decision Savage v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
UPDATE: I have the investigation report clearing the Vallejo police officers who killed Willie McCoy. But @VallejoPD and the Solano DA aren't off the hook because I had to get it from another source. Here it is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nBqBygcSax7AB1kB48YjfsfxIKXCx04z/view?usp=sharing
The report is only 16 pages and light on detail. It not only concludes that "the officers had no other reasonable option but to fire their weapons" 55 times, but suggests the officers showed restraint because "they ceased fire as soon as the threat was terminated." #WillieMcCoy
Don't forget @OpenVallejo's findings that some of these officers bent their badges to mark killing Willie McCoy. Someone inside the Vallejo Police Department called it an "execution." The report doesn't mention this at all. https://openvallejo.org/2020/07/28/vallejo-police-bend-badge-tips-to-mark-fatal-shootings/
