WASHINGTON — Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are charging nearly 10 times the cost of some of their own employees' salaries before they will agree to turn over files under public records laws about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Missouri's attorney general on Monday, after the AP first disclosed the practice, contacted
Ferguson Officials Demand Exorbitant Fees For Micheal Brown Files
The move to charge high fees discourages journalists and civil rights groups from investigating the shooting and its aftermath.