A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom
npr.org
Law enforcement officers in Kansas raided the office of a local newspaper and a journalist's home on Friday, prompting outrage over what First Amendment experts are calling a likely violation of federal law.
The police department in Marion, Kansas — a town of about 2,000 — raided the Marion County Record under a search warrant signed by a county judge. Officers confiscated computers, cellphones, reporting materials and other items essential to the weekly paper's operations.
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And the 98 year old woman whose house they raided just died on Saturday.
Did you mean “razed”?
And yes, it’s awful.
They likely meant “raided”
Oh, yes you are probably right. My mistake.
No, they meant raided.
Thank you. Pre-coffee reading comprehension issues here.