aztecladyAug 13, 2023

This is story is wild: a police department raided the Marion County Record in retaliation because one of the reporters viewed information on an influential person; there was no affidavit filed to obtain the search warrant, and several elderly people were put under undue stress and endangered, and in fact one, Joan Meyer, has died.

#MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #ACAB #FreedomOfThePress
http://marionrecord.com/direct/updated_illegal_raids_contribute_to_death_of_newspaper_co_owner+5447raid+555044415445443a20496c6c6567616c20726169647320636f6e7472696275746520746f206465617468206f66206e657773706170657220636f2d6f776e65723c212d2d2d2d3e?

UPDATED: Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner<!---->

UPDATED: Illegal raids contribute to death of newspaper co-owner<!---->, from Marion County Record for Aug. 12, 2023

Marion County Record
Show threadaztecladyAug 17, 2023

Remember that a judge signed the warrant to search and seize the Marion County Record, but there was no affidavit to base the warrant off of?

Well, gee, there may be a reason for that: corrupt people always back other corrupt people, on the basis of mutual corrupt back scratching.

#MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #FreedomOfThePress #ACAB

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article278237263.html

Show threadaztecladyAug 17, 2023

And there's more!

The cops are now "withdrawing the warrant"--after disrupting the paper's operation, costing them money, and with the stress causing the death of one of the co-owners, now they go, "oopsies, here's your shit, no harm done"?

The paper is bringing a federal suit and GOOD FOR THEM.

#MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #FreedomOfThePress #ACAB

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/marion-county-attorney-withdraws-search-warrant-against-kansas-newspaper-returns-items

Marion County attorney withdraws search warrant against Kansas newspaper; returns items

A search warrant that cleared the way for the raid of a Kansas newspaper last Friday has been withdrawn, KSHB 41 I-Team reporter Jessica McMaster learned late Wednesday morning.

KSHB 41 Kansas City News
Show threadaztecladyAug 20, 2023

AP asks which law was broken when cops, with a fraudulently procured warrant, raided the #MarionCountyRecord in #Kansas

Interesting choices.

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-raid-marion-county-record-bead3f49d323c784d40154067141dc7c

A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?

Experts say a central Kansas police chief was on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper. A former federal prosecutor added Friday that the raid may have been a criminal civil rights violation and he'd probably have the FBI look into it. Some legal experts believe the Aug. 11 raid on the Marion County Record’s offices and its publisher's home violated a federal privacy law that protects journalists from newsroom searches. Some believe it violated a Kansas law that makes it difficult to force reporters and editors to disclose their sources or unpublished material. The police chief has defended it as legal.

AP News
Show threadaztecladyAug 21, 2023

So the story gets better/worse:

The affidavits that are the basis for the warrant to search and seize at the #MarionCountyRecord? Those weren't filed until days later, and are likely back-dated to the day of the raid, because #ACAB and corrupt judge.

"This looks like the latest example of American law enforcement officers treating the press in a manner previously associated with authoritarian regimes,"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marion-county-record-affidavits-kansas-newspaper-search-warrant-raids/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=230788362

Kansas newspaper releases affidavits police used to justify raids

Newly released affidavits show Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody, who led the raids, believes a reporter either impersonated someone or lied about the reasons she was seeking drunk driving records.

CBS News
Show threadazteclady

The sheriff in charge during the illegal raid on the Marion County Record has resigned--among other reasons, because bodycam footage shows him riffling through a file showing the paper was investigating allegations of his wrongdoing.

#MarionCountyRecord #ACAB

https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/10/04/police-chief-embarrassed-marion-with-newspaper-raid-resignation/

Police chief embarrassed Marion with newspaper raid. His resignation was necessary, but not enough - Colorado Newsline

Gideon Cody’s departure as police chief in Marion won't stop the questions. He was aided and abetted by a whole cast of local characters.

Colorado Newsline
Oct 5, 2023 at 3:28pmWeb
Show threadaztecladyNov 11

It'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.

#MarionCountyRecord #ACAB

https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/marion-county-agrees-to-pay-out-3m-for-newspaper-raid-express-regret/

Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector

A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.

Kansas Reflector
Show threadpunIssuerNov 12
@herhandsmyhands what a way to spend tax dollars, though
Show threadaztecladyNov 12
@punissuer Like pretty much every police department in the U.S.