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

#news
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and more than 30 news organizations, including The New York Times, Dow Jones and The Washington Post, have written to the chief of the #Marion Police Department to condemn its raid on the Marion County Record:

#BREAKING #news From KSHb41 news

KBI along with the county attorney issued a statement saying “insufficient evidence exists” to establish the alleged crime with #Marion County Records newspaper

will return all seized evidence promptly

aka "Oops, please don't sue our major F-up"

#news
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

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/breaking-affidavits-reveal-what-evidence-police-used-to-raid-kansas-newspaper

#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!

#Marion County Registrar journalists files Federal lawsuit against the Chief and the police department for violating constitutional rights

https://www.thedailybeast.com/veteran-newspaper-reporter-debbie-gruver-sues-police-over-shocking-kansas-newspaper-raid