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Benson Does About-Face on Release of Driving Records of ‘Victims’ of Police Violence

Benson Does About-Face on Release of Driving Records of ‘Victims’ of Police Violence
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit on Aug. 18, 2020. Rebecca Cook/Reuters
Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
Reporter
4/19/2022|Updated: 4/19/2022

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson last week created a short-lived exception to her department’s practice of releasing people’s driving records to the media.

Under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, the secretary of state’s office routinely makes any person’s driving record available to third parties very quickly upon formal request.

Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
Reporter
Steven Kovac is a former reporter for The Epoch Times in Michigan.
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