TechdirtKansas County Pays $3 Million Settlement For Illegal Raid Of Local Newspaper’s Office
Political IQKansas police chief who led raid on local newspaper Marion County Record resigns https://politicaliq.com/2023/10/03/police-chief-who-led-local-kansas-newspaper-raid-resigns/ #Kansas #MarionCountyRecord #GideonCody #police #policeraid #KBI #FirstAmendment #politicaliq #news #politics
Gumberculese 86 47#Marion #Kansas police chief, #GideonCody, is an asshole who also abuses women.
GKellerSmall-town Kansas paper was probing ‘Gestapo’ police chief over sex claims before he raided it
https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/kansas-paper-was-probing-gestapo-police-chief-over-sex-claims/
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VolineSeems the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (Kansas state police) were also involved in the raid on the Marion County Record, its owner, and employees.
"Marion police had coordinated with the KBI earlier in the week to launch the investigation. Though the KBI assigned an agent to the case Aug. 8 that has been 'assisting since that time,' KBI representatives stressed that the KBI agent didn’t apply for the search warrants and was not present when the warrants were served."
Police defend raid on Kansas newspaper amid backlash over 'brazen violation of press freedom' - Kansas Reflector
Marion County police on Saturday defended their unprecedented raid on a newspaper office and the publisher's home by pointing to a loophole in federal law that protects journalists from searches and seizures.