superflippy@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agoIn Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans’ First Amendment rightskansasreflector.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkIn Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans’ First Amendment rightskansasreflector.comsuperflippy@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
Police raided the offices of a local newspaper, the Kansas Reflector, seizing computers & cell phones.
minus-squareuphillbothways@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 year agoDaily Beast has picked up the story: https://www.thedailybeast.com/marion-county-record-subjected-to-police-raid-after-unpublished-dui-story-about-restaurateur-kari-newell edit: archive link - https://archive.is/wip/c2Byu
minus-squaresocphoenix@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoThey just updated it to say the 98 year old co-founder died “because of stress related to the raids.”
minus-squareuphillbothways@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoRIP… This is tragic and unbelievably criminal. The FBI should absolutely be involved at this point. That whole police department needs to be held responsible.
Daily Beast has picked up the story: https://www.thedailybeast.com/marion-county-record-subjected-to-police-raid-after-unpublished-dui-story-about-restaurateur-kari-newell
edit: archive link - https://archive.is/wip/c2Byu
They just updated it to say the 98 year old co-founder died “because of stress related to the raids.”
RIP… This is tragic and unbelievably criminal. The FBI should absolutely be involved at this point. That whole police department needs to be held responsible.