Earlier this year, Lake Charles resident Terrell Deshotel submitted a public records request to the city of Lake Charles, seeking an aggregate count of distracted driving citations issued over the last five years for a research project. The city’s response caught him by surprise. Lake Charles City Attorney Russell Stutes refused to release records unless Deshotel provided government-issued photo identification, something Deshotel suspected to be…
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