October 4, 2016 – Naples Daily News, via AP The city of Orlando says 232 emergency calls made inside the Pulse nightclub record a killing or the moments before or after a killing, and shouldn’t be released to the public. The city said in a court filing last week that the sounds of gunfire and […]
First Amendment advocate Barbara Petersen: Release 911 recordings of Pulse tragedy/ The Interview
7/1/2016 – Orlando Sentinel Several news outlets, including the Orlando Sentinel, have sued to get access to the audio recordings of hundreds of 911 calls made during the June 12 attack on the Pulse nightclub. The city has released edited transcripts of some calls and other documents, but not the recordings. The FBI has asked […]
911: The Florida fight over which records are public
7/1/16 – Miami Herald By Glenn Garvin It’s been an article of undisputed faith among Florida cops, prosecutors and journalists for decades that phone calls to 911 are public records. So media lawyers were flabbergasted last month when Orlando police refused to turn over recordings of the 911 calls made during the murderous shootout inside […]
