Should video related to Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell’s arrest be made public? The city’s legal department and the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s Office disagree.
When Shaunna O’Connell was arrested on July 19, 2024, for allegedly assaulting her husband , the police department recorded body camera footage from the arrest as well as footage from the police department’s booking room.
Multiple news outlets — including the Taunton Daily Gazette, WCVB, WPRI, Channel 7 News, and WJAR/NBC 10 — filed public records requests for various videos associated with O’Connell’s arrest, according to communications obtained through a public records request by the Gazette…