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Should Newtown's 911 tapes be made public?
Should the 911 recordings be released?
The Associated Press had requested the 911 tapes be released under the Freedom of Information Act so the public can judge the police response to the killings. But the state attorney, Stephen Sedensky, argued that the calls — which were "being made on the murder of children as it occurs" — are too gruesome for residents to bear.
"If the public never hears those cries for help during this process, they won't be harmed," Sedensky said.
Victor Perpetua, the lawyer for the state's Freedom of Information Commission, disagreed.
"Every time someone calls 911, there is a belief that there is a crime," Perpetua said. "That is part of the record, but to me the more important part of the record was what response did that person get? How was that information taken? What was the time period?
Should the 911 recordings be released?