A judge has ruled that a Missouri agency violated open records laws when it refused to release the results of lab tests related to the 2017 protests in downtown St. Louis.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce found on Friday that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services must release lab tests of a liquid police say was thrown at them. The protests were sparked by the acquittal of former police officer Jason Stockley in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.
The judge ordered the state to pay the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri $10,754 in fines and legal fees.
The ACLU sued after the state claimed the reports were sealed because of an ongoing criminal investigation.
