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.

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Show threadBaron Vonskinnback
@nickmartin that is 100% absolute fascism in its purist natural form, that town is run by a fascist dictatorship & Jack booted stormtroopers lay down the law. Someone needs to paint a massive swastika across the front of that police station so they all know exactly who they are & what they are.
Aug 12, 2023 at 12:49pmTusky