Kansas Newspaper Says Its Co-Owner Has Died After Being Traumatized by Police Raid
thedailybeast.com
The Marion County Record said its co-owner died Saturday after a police raid left her “stressed beyond her limits.”
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The Marion County Record said its co-owner died Saturday after a police raid left her “stressed beyond her limits.”
RIP, Joan.
Also, the following is courtesy of @roguetrick in one of the other threads:
If I was one of those 6 people, I'd be moving the fuck out of Kansas ASAP. That's seems like almost certainly a motive in seizing their equipment.
Where's the FBI raiding the police department when you need them
It certainly explains why the cops were so willing to go along with an illegal search warrant. Heck, maybe it wasn't even that the restaurant owner went to the cops to complain after the city hall meeting; maybe the police chief saw this as an opportunity to raid the newspaper and take the names and he approached the restaurant owner.
Edit: another story here has the police chief posting on the department's Facebook page:
Which is bull. The newspaper was emailed information which they did not publish and which they reported to the police. They were not 'taking part in the underlying wrongdoing'. 1312, especially the Marion County police chief.
This is mentioned in this article anyway: