TechdirtKansas County Pays $3 Million Settlement For Illegal Raid Of Local Newspaper’s Office
aztecladyIt's been a long and hard road, but there are some good news in the case of the raid, back in August 2023, of the Marion County Record in Kansas: the county has agreed to pay about $3M to four of the people targeted in the raid.
Joan Combs DursoA really good editorial from Eric Meyer of the #MarionCountyRecord on the importance of and challenges facing local newspapers. Go to https://www.marionrecord.com and click on Opinion and find “don’t let it become ‘that’s the way it was’ “
Marion County RECORD
Marion County RECORD newspaper: news and sports from Antelope, Aulne, Burdick, Canada, Durham, Eastshore, Florence, Lincolnville, Lost Springs, Marion, Marion County Lake, Marion Reservoir, Pilsen, Ramona, Tampa, Youngtown, Centre USD 397, Marion-Florence USD 408
Each issue of the #MarionCountyRecord that arrives makes me nostalgic for reading the old daily #CourierJournal before it was sold. Real local news. Wikipedia says the county had a pop of 11823 per the 2020 census.
mvarioVice Mayor’s Suit Against Marion County Cops Who Raided Her House, Newspaper’s Office Can Move Forward, Court Says | Techdirt
Vice Mayor’s Suit Against Marion County Cops Who Raided Her House, Newspaper’s Office Can Move Forward, Court Says
There is simply too much going on here to pretend there’s a way to succinctly sum up what’s led us to this point in our coverage. A small Kansas newspaper’s offices, the home of i…
smegNot enough.
Former Kansas police chief charged in raid of Marion County Record : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/13/nx-s1-5073947/kansas-marion-county-record-newspaper-raid-police-chief-charged
#firstamendment #kansas #marioncountyrecord #policemisconduct #corruption #pressfreedom
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES"Former police chief faces a felony charge in the raid of a Kansas newspaper"
Remember that jackass police chief, Gideon Cody, who raided the Marion County Record last year?
He's now facing a felony charge!
#MarionCountyRecord #police #ACAB #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #USNews #stupid #felony
Now @christinkallama@hcommonsAnd the judge in the #MarionCountyRecord case seems to have lied to escape responsibility for a critical procedural violation.
VolineTL/DNR
Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody: How did the Vice-Mayor and the Marion County Record get a copy of my friend's driving record? They must have stolen her identity! It's the only explanation! Gimme a warrant, I'm going to raid the newspaper!
Assistant Chief Hudlin: On it Chief!
District Attorney Ensey: Okay!
Magistrate Judge Viar: Okay!
Narrator: Wait y'all, is anyone going to check to see if a driving record is public information in this state?
Chief Cody: LOL, no.
Ass Chief Hudlin: LOL, no.
DA Ensey: LOL, no.
Judge Viar: LOL, no.
Special Prosecutors: The only problem here is former Chief Cody …
How did this warrant get by the District Attorney Ensey and the Magistrate Judge who signed off on it Laura Viar?
“The magistrate who authorized last year’s police raid on the Marion County Record escaped discipline from a state panel by making claims that contradict statements in federal lawsuits about how the search warrants arrived in front of her …”