Henrico County CA Shannon Taylor corruption stacking up prior to 2019 elections
In a request sent to Google llc. to obtain confidential information about the news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia, the Henrico Police by request of HCCA Shannon Taylor has illegally represented itself as the FBI conducting the investigations. A copy of the email request to Google states:
" ---BEGIN PRESERVATION REQUEST---
Dear Word Press,
I am attempting to obtain information related to a Blog (exposingcorruptioninvirginia.home.blog) which is believed to be run by the suspect of a witness tampering/intimidation investigation wherein similar information is being posted on a separate blog.
Can you please confirm whether or not Word Press is the appropriate entity which would possess records such as subscriber/registration information for the blogger(s) and IP history from which articles are posted? If so, I would ask that any information related to the aforementioned blog be preserved until the appropriate legal process can be obtained.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
TFO - FBI Richmond Cyber Task Force
Henrico County Police Division
---END PRESERVATION REQUEST---"
A Henrico Circuit Court Motion/Order dated March 05, 2019, requested to Google llc. give all information pertaining to the news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia, in order to identify the confidential reporters and news sources. A Henrico Police Department Detective Stuart T. Voncanon was listed as the investigator in the subject court order. The Henrico County Circuit Court Judge who signed the order is Gary A. Hicks. CLICK TO VIEW THE COURT ORDER
In addition to falsely representing themselves as the FBI, the Henrico County Police department and Henrico County CA Shannon Taylor are violating the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which protects the Freedom of the Press.
Shannon Taylor is a member of the Virginia State Bar's 2018-2019 Standing Committee on Legal Ethics.
The news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia has responded to Google llc with a March 19, 2019 email stating:
"Hi Google
I thank you for this information and must formally object to this request for information.
The request is not been made by the FBI Richmond division and Henrico Police Department Detective S.T. VonCanon is not part of the FBI. The FBI only files its legal process through the Federal courts not local county courts.
Henrico Police Department Detective S.T. VonCanon is falsely representing himself as FBI.
The request by the HPD is an inquiry for a motion/order, there is no legal case attached to this motion/order.
This request by Henrico Police Department Detective S.T. VonCanon is a violation of the U.S. Constitution First Amendment right to Freedom of the Press.
Our organization is a news media exposing corruption inside the Virginia Justice system, our blog series VASTATEBARCORRUPTION has exposed illegal corruption and violations of the Virginia criminal code, which criminal complaints have been filed against corrupt Virginia government officials which include Henrico County Court officials. Our blogs have attached the evidence of corruption, thus our news reporting is accurate and defended.
The request that GOOGLE LLC has received is a fishing expedition, in order to persecute the reporters and news informants, which is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Our news reporting operates under the blanket protection of the Freedom of the Press.
“The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.” The freedom of the press, protected by the First Amendment, is critical to a democracy in which the government is accountable to the people. A free media functions as a watchdog that can investigate and report on government wrongdoing.
We are formally requesting that you deny the inquiry request of the Henrico County Court/police department."
It is unclear if news media group Exposing Corruption in Virginia will retain a lawyer to object to the Henrico Court order submitted to Google llc.