Why every American should be alarmed by the Marion County newspaper raid

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Why every American should be alarmed by the Marion County newspaper raid

By JT Morris
August 16, 2023

The sweep of a Marion, Kan., paper was nothing less than an assault on the First Amendment.

The small town’s police department raided the offices of the Marion County Record, the local family-owned newspaper.

It seized the paper’s computers. The chief ripped a reporter’s cellphone out of her hand, injuring her finger.

Cops even rummaged through the family’s home, snapping pictures of their bank-account information.

Then outrage turned into heartbreak. The day after she suffered the local police ransacking her newspaper and home, Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the Marion County Record, passed away.

What happened in Marion should make every American’s blood boil.

It is an insult to human dignity.

It is an insult to our national values.

And it is an insult to the Constitution.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/16/why-every-american-should-be-alarmed-by-the-marion-county-newspaper-raid/

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The small town’s police department raided the offices of the Marion County Record, the local family-owned newspaper.

It seized the paper’s computers. The chief ripped a reporter’s cellphone out of her hand, injuring her finger.

Cops even rummaged through the family’s home, snapping pictures of their bank-account information.

Then outrage turned into heartbreak. The day after she suffered the local police ransacking her newspaper and home, Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the Marion County Record, passed away.

Here is what appears to be a full account of what happened
and why the police raided the newspaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion,_Kansas#2023_newspaper_raid

I haven't waded through it all myself,
but my default position is, police shouldn't be raiding newspapers.
It looks like the police are trying to hide public officials' wrongdoing.


(added) Okay, here is some more relevant info:

The Briefing Room »General Category »National/Breaking News »
Small-town Kansas paper was probing ‘Gestapo’ police chief over sex claims before he raided it

https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,509238.0.html

That page draws info from:

https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/kansas-paper-was-probing-gestapo-police-chief-over-sex-claims/

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The state's AG needs to address this.