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Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
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In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.

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[–] style99@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

So much for the First Amendment.

The city’s entire five-officer police force and two sheriff’s deputies took “everything we have,” Meyer said, and it wasn’t clear how the newspaper staff would take the weekly publication to press Tuesday night.

The raid followed news stories about a restaurant owner who kicked reporters out of a meeting last week with U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, and revelations about the restaurant owner’s lack of a driver’s license and conviction for drunken driving.

Jake LaTurner (R) <-- what a surprise (not)