Nick MartinAug 12, 2023

Police in Marion, Kansas (population 1,852) effectively shut down the town's only newspaper on Friday, raiding it and seizing most of its equipment, including cell phones of its journalists.

The raid took place after the paper received information that a local restaurant owner, who's very politically connected, had been arrested for drunken driving.
https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones • Kansas Reflector

In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.

Kansas Reflector
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@nickmartin Someone is going to learn about the Streisand Effect.
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@7leaguebootdisk @nickmartin Totally. If Kari Newell kept her cool maybe a dozen people in town would know she's a drunk-driving criminal. Now the world knows, and we've added petty, vindictive fascist to the list (I'd be divorcing her ass, too). Nice work, Kari Newell.