Hearing Tuesday in Public Records Case in Durango High School Incident

LAS VEGAS — The ACLU of Nevada will be back in court Tuesday working to get the Clark County School District to release records that the civil rights nonprofit is entitled to.

Since the last hearing, the ACLU of Nevada has worked with the school district and the court to identify about 1,400 emails that were considered potentially relevant to the February 9 incident near Durango High School. The nonprofit still has not received those emails from CCSD.

In February, Durango High School students were attacked by CCSD police for recording officers in the community. Video of the incident captured by a bystander has been shared widely throughout Nevada — including before the Legislature — but despite persistent requests from the news media and others, the school district continues to stonewall the release of public records related to the incident such as body-worn camera footage and incident reports. Even the ACLU of Nevada, which is representing two teenagers who were attacked in the incident, has been denied the records, leading the nonprofit to file a lawsuit.