CJ Ciaramella has been trying (unsuccessfully) to get the body cam footage from the shooting of Duncan Lemp by the Montgomery County Police. So far they have been dragging their feet. Does Duncan Lemp’s life matter? Not to the cops.
One cool thing is that for months the Montgomery County Police Department has been illegally ignoring my records requests for body cam footage of the fatal shooting of Duncan Lemp.
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) July 29, 2020
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