New guide helps #journalists know their #rights when #police come knocking

When police applied for a #warrant to raid the #MarionCountyRecord, they didn’t bother mentioning the #PrivacyProtectionAct of 1980 — a federal law that largely bans #newsroom seizures
#privacy #civilrights

https://freedom.press/news/new-guide-helps-journalists-know-their-rights-when-police-come-knocking/

A #MarionCountyRecord reporter involved in the raid on the #Kansas #newspaper's office has filed a federal #lawsuit against the police department and its chief, alleging that the controversial incident caused her emotional distress and a physical injury.

Veteran journalist Debbie Gruver alleges that the Marion Police Department and Chief Gideon Cody violated her first and fourth amendment rights during the "shocking" and "unprecedented" Aug. 11 raid

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

A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raid | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-raid-first-amendment-f8f375dbf48b93fc15c12893b8b49f37 #pressfreedom #marioncountyrecord #firstamendment #kansas

"their confrontation in April marked an escalation in long-running tensions between a group of local #journalists and the officials and community members they cover that would boil over through the summer.

The small-town intrigue might have stayed in a small town, though, had Cody not... led half a dozen officers on an Aug. 11 raid of the Record’s offices and the home of its editor and publisher"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/26/marion-county-newspaper-police-raid-what-really-happened/

#Journalism #FirstAmendment #MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #USA #News

Sharing YouTube playlist for Aug. 2023 police raid of #MarionCountyRecord newspaper office and #MarionKansas homes of co-owners, reporter and vice mayor.
#KansasShieldLaw
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJgHg9KKmcWCFoSpaBcBxZeW2KNLTbPv5

This poor woman. Clearly the stress of this illegal raid of her home killed her.

The police chief needs to be held accountable.

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-mother-raid-video-4427af3241da82767deb76028836cffd

http://marionrecord.com/

#MarionCountyRecord #MarionRecord

The Raid on the ‘Marion County Record’ Is Only the Beginning
Allison Hantschel, DAME
Aug 22, 2023
The Right's war on the fourth estate is nothing new. But when cops raided a rural Kansas newspaper office and its editors’ homes over an investigation in progress, a new horrifying precedent was set.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/22/the-raid-on-the-marion-daily-record-is-only-the-beginning/
#MarionCountyRecord #MarionKansas

"Corporate journalism both failed to respond adequately to the GOP’s attacks on the press over the years and to recognize that scrutinizing policing would bring the same kind of authoritarian backlash.

While Republicans called for journalists’ violent deaths, editors and producers gave cover treatment to commentators who joked about bombing them."
~@damemagazine
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/22/the-raid-on-the-marion-daily-record-is-only-the-beginning/

#Journalism #FirstAmendment #MarionCountyRecord #Newspaper #Kansas #USA #News #NoPaywall

"The Right's war on the fourth estate is nothing new. But when cops raided a rural Kansas newspaper office and its editors’ homes over an investigation in progress, a new horrifying precedent was set."
~@damemagazine
https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/22/the-raid-on-the-marion-daily-record-is-only-the-beginning/

#Journalism #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfThePress #FreeSpeech #MarionCountyRecord #Newspaper #Kansas #USA #News #NoPaywall

Court filings reveal reason for police raid on Kansas Newspaper https://politicaliq.com/2023/08/21/court-filings-reveal-reason-for-police-raid-on-kansas-newspaper/ #Kansas #Newspaper #MarionCountyRecord #PoliceRaid #FirstAmendment #KBI #politicaliq #news #politics

So the story gets better/worse:

The affidavits that are the basis for the warrant to search and seize at the #MarionCountyRecord? Those weren't filed until days later, and are likely back-dated to the day of the raid, because #ACAB and corrupt judge.

"This looks like the latest example of American law enforcement officers treating the press in a manner previously associated with authoritarian regimes,"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marion-county-record-affidavits-kansas-newspaper-search-warrant-raids/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=230788362

"The Aug. 11 police raid sparked outrage among #FirstAmendment advocates and #news organizations across the nation. Officers seized computers, phones and other records during the search, a virtually unprecedented event in recent American history. Meyer’s home also was searched...

The Record said stress from the raid contributed to the sudden death the following day of Meyer’s 98-year-old mother, Joan, a co-owner of the newspaper."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/08/19/confidential-affidavits-detail-reasoning-police-raid-kansas-newspaper/

#MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #USA

AP asks which law was broken when cops, with a fraudulently procured warrant, raided the #MarionCountyRecord in #Kansas

Interesting choices.

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-raid-marion-county-record-bead3f49d323c784d40154067141dc7c

OK, so, look...
The police raid of the #MarionCountyRecord was absolutely outrageous and a clear overreach.
At the same time, it seems just as clear that the reporter, #PhyllisZorn,, who downloaded #KariNewell's driving record broke the law in doing so.
"I needed to corroborate the information a source gave me" is not actually a legitimate justification for breaking the law.
The Record should fire Zorn and anyone who knew about and approved her actions.
Gift link: https://wapo.st/3so8jfO

#PressFreedom #MarionCountyRecord #1stAmendment #Fascism #TryThatInASmallTown

Judge who approved raid on Kansas newspaper has history of DUI arrests

Read more at: https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article278237263.html#storylink=cpy

@jbf1755

Mastodon #thread with article excerpts, article links, and images regarding the illegal police raid of the #MarionCountyRecord newspaper in #Kansas

https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110877387457253848

#Journalism #FreedomOfThePress #FirstAmendment #News #USA

Photographs of the Marion County Record #newspaper office that was illegally raided by police.

"The fall of local #journalism has been precipitous — a source of heartbreak and concern for many. I’ve spent two years photographing newspaper offices across my home state of Kansas. In #Marion, these concerns — about community, division, #democracy and #FirstAmendment rights — have collided."
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/45c7Jk4

#Photography #MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #USA #News

Bravo #MarionCountyRecord
Today's Edition& way to fight back
"Seized... but not silenced"
Thx @JessMcMasterKC
Looks like a lying corrupt judge issued that horrendous order
https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article278237263.html
#SaveTheFreePress

Only the best people ...

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article278237263.html

#FreedomOfPress #GQP #drunks #MarionCountyRecord

And there's more!

The cops are now "withdrawing the warrant"--after disrupting the paper's operation, costing them money, and with the stress causing the death of one of the co-owners, now they go, "oopsies, here's your shit, no harm done"?

The paper is bringing a federal suit and GOOD FOR THEM.

#MarionCountyRecord #Kansas #FreedomOfThePress #ACAB

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/marion-county-attorney-withdraws-search-warrant-against-kansas-newspaper-returns-items