Live PD filmed arrest that led to death; sheriff dodged footage request
By August 2019, Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick’s emails to then-Sheriff Robert Chody were testy and terse. Dick had been trying for months to get raw, unedited footage from a TV reality show shadowing Chody’s deputies into the hands of prosecutors. Dick argued that his office had a legal duty to gather any potential evidence — and most especially information that might exonerate a defendant. “I believe my requests are clear, reasonable, and have consistently been present...
Source: statesman.com