Charlottesville continues to deny FOIA requests submitted by a proxy filer...





On May 8, 2019, I submitted multiple Freedom of Information Act requests to the Charlottesville Police Department. That evening, the Public Information Officer for the city of Charlottesville denied them all. Although the requests were submitted under the name Tom Nash, the denials were addressed to me. Oddly enough, on March 15, 2019, the unknown person running the Charlottesville Police Department Twitter account liked a tweet in which a Virginia resident offered to submit FOIA requests by proxy for me, appearing to signal their approval and encouragement. 









According to a podcast published on January 10, 2019 by WINA radio, the account was created and is run by Charlottesville Police Department Public Information Officer Tyler Hawn. 










It's unclear the rationale of the city of Charlottesville for continuing to deny FOIA requests from Virginia residents. This leaves me in an even worse position as I have no legal right to challenge the denials as I am not the requester. 



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