Kansas newspapers joint opinion: "Raid on Kansas newspaper is an intolerable overreach by police"

Politics@beehaw.org – 144 points – 11 months ago

“Marion city police and the Marion County sheriff’s office did something on Friday that no government agency in America has any right to do. They shut down a newspaper.”

The Wichita Eagle and Kansas City Star Editorial Boards

Cody was hired by Marion in April, after taking an early retirement from the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, where he was a captain.

According to Eric Meyer, the Record has been actively investigating the circumstances surrounding Cody’s departure from the KCMO department.

KCPD is in the spotlight now, too.. might get a lot more serious quick..

unfortunately Kansas has a corrupt state government

Yeah, I'm not optimistic that a KBI under the leadership of Kris "K" Kobach is going to be in much hurry to investigate small town police corruption at the behest of a fundraiser for another MAGA nutjob.

Thigh who knows, maybe ol' Kris is too busy virtue signaling his blood-and-soil, anti-immigrant values to the xenophobes that make up his primary constituency to actually dirty his hands with the work of being attorney-general. Wouldn't be the first time he was too busy trying to get on TV to do his job.