KS - Police raid local newspaper’s office and co-owner’s home, co-owner subsequently dies, Marion, 11 August 2023

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Kansas lawmakers want report on last year’s police raid of Marion newspaper

Dozens of Kansas lawmakers launched an effort Tuesday to direct the state’s attorney general to release information from an investigation into a police raid last year on a weekly newspaper, but it wasn’t clear that their measure would get a hearing in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

www.kwch.com

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/us/marion-kansas-newspaper-reporter-lawsuit-2023-raid/index.html

PZ is suing current and former officials with the city of Marion and officials with the county of Marion for damages in the amount of $950,000 and attorney’s fees, the lawsuit states.

 

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This Sunshine Week, Kansas officials should finally clear the Marion County Record's journalists • Kansas Reflector

Welcome to Sunshine Week, an annual opportunity to celebrate the public's right to know and promote the need for government transparency.

kansasreflector.com

 

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This Sunshine Week, Kansas officials should finally clear the Marion County Record's journalists • Kansas Reflector

Welcome to Sunshine Week, an annual opportunity to celebrate the public's right to know and promote the need for government transparency.

kansasreflector.com

What the heck?
Colorado investigators and Riley Co attorney traveling there soon?

 

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odd. what do Colorado investigators have to do with a case that happened in kansas?

 

[Incredholt]

odd. what do Colorado investigators have to do with a case that happened in kansas?

Kansas Bureau of Investigation asked them last December

https://twitter.com/x/status/1733255567534096783

also -
the optics of KBI doing the investigation by itself is prob not good...

Police chief who raided Marion newsroom sent text to county DA saying KBI is '100% behind me'

Text messages obtained by the KSHB 41 I-Team reveal Gideon Cody claimed the Kansas Bureau of Investigation was "100 percent behind" him one day after the raids on Marion County Record and two homes.

www.kshb.com

 

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Kansas Bureau of Investigation asked them last December

https://twitter.com/x/status/1733255567534096783

also -
the optics of KBI doing the investigation by itself is prob not good...

Police chief who raided Marion newsroom sent text to county DA saying KBI is '100% behind me'

Text messages obtained by the KSHB 41 I-Team reveal Gideon Cody claimed the Kansas Bureau of Investigation was "100 percent behind" him one day after the raids on Marion County Record and two homes.

www.kshb.com

Oh makes much more sense now!
Was hoping this case didn’t get any stranger
Kkkkobachs paw involved concerning enough

 

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Third federal lawsuit issued following raid of the Marion County Record newspaper

Following a police raid on a Kansas newspaper, a third federal lawsuit has been filed.

www.kmbc.com

Marion County Record's officer manager, CB, filed the lawsuit on Friday, naming the city of Marion, former Marion police Chief GC, and several city officials as defendants. […] CB alleges violations of her First and Fourth Amendment rights and her right to privacy.

Colorado authorities wrapping up investigation into Marion police who raided Kansas newspaper • Kansas Reflector

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is nearly finished with its inquiry into potential criminal activity surrounding the raid on the Marion County Record last year and will turn over findings to special prosecutors later this month, state authorities said Tuesday.

kansasreflector.com

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is nearly finished with its inquiry into potential criminal activity surrounding the raid on the Marion County Record last year and will turn over findings to special prosecutors later this month, state authorities said Tuesday.

Kansas newspaper claims unprecedented police raid caused death of publisher’s 98-year-old mom: lawsuit

The newspaper alleges that law enforcement used complaints against the Marion County Record as an excuse to attack the newspaper.

nypost.com

This article has the following link to the 137-page complaint filed by the Marion County Record.

https://mnks.us/images/5528suit.pdf

KSHB 41 I-Team receives national IRE award for series of reports tied to Marion, Kansas newspaper raid

KSHB 41 earned national recognition Friday for its ongoing coverage of the raid on the Marion Record newspaper last August.

www.kshb.com

 

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Kansas prosecutors reviewing nearly 10,000 pages of documents in Marion newspaper raid • Kansas Reflector

Kansas special prosecutors have received "a detailed synopsis" of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's ongoing review of last year's police raid on the Marion County Record.

kansasreflector.com

 

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Former Marion vice mayor files federal lawsuit in connection with 2023 police raids

Ruth Herbel says she and the newspaper 'The Marion County Record" were targeted by retaliatory police raids last summer

www.kmbc.com

The former vice mayor of Marion is filing a federal lawsuit against city officials for violating her constitutional rights.

 

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Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a Kansas newspaper for $235,000

A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small city the focus of a national debate over press freedoms.

apnews.com

Former reporter DG has partially settled her lawsuit for $235,000. The settlement removed the former police chief in Marion from her lawsuit. The Marion County sheriff and the county’s prosecutor are still included.