Howey v. City of Fresno
FAC
June 16, 2023
On April 18, 2023, Brian Howey, an Oakland-based investigative journalist, sued the City of Fresno under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) for the city’s refusal to release use-of-force records regarding the 2004 death of Michael Sanders, who was tased 10 times–resulting in multiple puncture wounds and severe burns to his groin–by three Fresno police officers. Howey sought these records while researching his story, “After police killings, families are kept in the dark and grilled