Great interview with owner of #Marion county Record, a small town newspaper that was Raided by police over allegations from a Restaurant owner
#news #CoSoNews
https://thehandbasket.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-the-newspaper
Just before she died, Joan Meyer, a newspaperwoman since 1953, said this about a police raid on her
#marion Kansas home: “These are Hitler tactics and something has to be done.”
#news
https://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article278199777.html
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Affidavits released on #Marion COunty Register search.
1. Reporter gets publicly available Drivers record
2. Reporter goes to State website to verify
3. Reporter sends tip to Police about information
4. Police chief claims Reporter broke the law, gets search warrant
"What Zorn (reporter) did is perfectly legal under both Kansas and U.S. law."
Police chief REALLY screwed up
#Marion County Registrar journalists files Federal lawsuit against the Chief and the police department for violating constitutional rights
Police chief who ordered a raid on a #Kansas weekly newspaper suspended by mayor.
#marion #News
http://marionrecord.com/
#marion Police Chief e-mails to County lawyer titled "Crimes?" misstating something was a crime, that wasn't a crime to obtain warrant.
#news
https://themessenger.com/news/full-email-police-chief-gideon-cody-marion-county-records-crimes
After being suspended by Mayor. The Police Chief of #marion county Resigns less than 2 months ager illegal raid
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-police-chief-approved-raid-journalists-resigns-rcna118512
@Kinnison Some people are not at all familiar with the phrase "due process".
@Kinnison And it looks like the police chief and judge both had some dirty laundry that looks to have been suppressed by nefarious means.
@Kinnison Only suspended? I hope everyone involved rots in hell
@Kinnison
This raid has some insane back story, and it gets weirder with every revelation. That's a whack town.
@Kinnison As far as I am concerned, the only question that needs to be answered is when the police chief and the magistrate judge resign.
#Marion
on the day of the illegal searches that 'there is not a probable cause affidavit filed.'
While the affidavits purport to be signed before Magistrate Viar on the day of the illegal searches, no explanation has been provided why they were not filed prior to the execution of the illegal searches."
so the Police chief asked for a search warrant without filing an affidavit? and the Judge signed off on it?
THIS IS NOT LEGAL!