2021 United States Capitol attack and other 'protests' (Virginia State Police) • MuckRock

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From: Emma North-Best

08/25/2021

Subject: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: 2021 United States Capitol attack and other 'protests' (Virginia State Police)

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Records regarding the potential for violence, unrest, criminal activities or other disturbances associated with protests or other activities on either January 5 or January 6, 2021 at local, regional or national events. This request includes but is not limited to inter-departmental communications, situational reports, bulletins and other documents.

I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.

As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.

This request is filed by Tom Nash, a citizen of Virginia, in coordination with Emma North-Best.

From: Virginia State Police

08/25/2021

Subject: Your first record request #21-5170 has been opened.

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Virginia State Police

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Hi there

Your first Virginia State Police record request (request number #21-5170) has been submitted.
It is currently unpublished and is not available for the general public to view.

Thank you for your request to the Virginia Department of State Police (the Department). The Department will work to process your request and make a response to you according to the nature of the request.

Please refer to https://www.vsp.virginia.gov/Freedom_of_Information.shtm for helpful information about the Virginia Freedom of Information Act or access the Code of Virginia at https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodepopularnames/virginia-freedom-of-information-act/

Request #21-5170.

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From: Virginia State Police

08/26/2021

Subject: [External Message Added] Virginia State Police public records request #21-5170

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Virginia State Police

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Hi there

A message was sent to you regarding record request #21-5170:

Due to the volume of requests and manpower constraints, it is not practical for the agency to respond in the 5 days permitted under Virginia Freedom of Information Act. You are hereby notified that, pursuant to § 2.2-3704(B)(4), the agency is entitled to, and here by asserts its right to claim, seven work days in addition to the five provided for in § 2.2-3704(B) in which to provide one of the responses set forth in § 2.2-3704.

From: Virginia State Police

09/07/2021

Subject: Your Virginia State Police public records request #21-5170 has been closed.

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Virginia State Police

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Hi there

Record request #21-5170 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:

Thank you for your correspondence to the Virginia Department of State Police (the Department). As you may be aware, requests for records of the Commonwealth, its agencies and political subdivisions are governed by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), §§ 2.2-3700 et. seq. of the Code of Virginia.

Pursuant to § 2.2-3704 of the Code of Virginia “all public records shall be open to inspection and copying by any citizens of the Commonwealth” except as otherwise specifically provided by law. The materials you are requesting constitute records relative to criminal intelligence or any terrorism investigation and are governed by specific statutory authority and are excluded from the provisions of FOIA pursuant to § 52-48. A request for records of this type would be declined on the cited grounds.

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Multi Request	2021 United States Capitol attack and other 'protests'