VolineIf you've followed the story of the (probably illegal) small town Kansas police raid on the Marion County Record newspaper, it's owner, publisher, and reporters — it gets worse. The 98 year old owner of the paper died yesterday, the day after the raid on her home.
Why would the Marion, KS police be willing to go to such lengths over an allegation of “identity theft” by a local restaurant owner? Why not just a subpoena? Maybe this:
"The Record had been actively investigating Police Chief Gideon Cody at the time of the raid after receiving tips that he had left his previous job in Kansas City, Mo., to avoid repercussions for alleged sexual misconduct charges, … Though the paper never ran the information, details about the investigation — including the identities of those who made the allegations against Cody — were in a computer seized by police.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/13/marion-county-record-raid-kansas-newspaper/
Seems 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.