One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.

Deb Gruver believes Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody violated her constitutional rights when he abruptly snatched her personal cellphone out of her hands during a search where officers also seized computers from the Marion County Record’s office, according to the lawsuit. That Aug. 11 search and two others conducted at the homes of the newspaper’s publisher and a City Council member have thrust the town into the center of a debate over the press protections in the First Amendment.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hope the newspaper winds up owning the entire town and police department when this is all over.

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      1 year ago

      Totally agree, they need to be taught a lesson. I hope the PD goes down hard.

      OCP Marion County Record owns the cops!”