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 threadNicole Parsons

@nickmartin

This is what oligarchy and fascism look like...

1. The criminal acts of the wealthy MUST be ignored, even if public safety suffers as a result
2. Taxpayer-funded public services become converted to serve only the wealthy
3. The free press disappears
4. Cronyism reigns
5. Two tier justice, with impunity for the rich, becomes the norm

And the citizens who vote to change any of it are ignored.

Aug 12, 2023 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadशिवदम् ⓋAug 12, 2023
@Npars01 And watch out for taxpayer-funded public services becoming privatized.