Posted on 08/13/2023 6:08:03 AM PDT by devane617
Edited on 08/13/2023 9:36:19 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
TOPEKA — Marion County police on Saturday defended their unprecedented raid on a newspaper office and the publisher’s home by pointing to a loophole in federal law that protects journalists from searches and seizures.
Law enforcement raided the Marion County Record on Friday, seizing computers and reporters’ personal cellphones as part of an investigation into alleged identity theft of a restaurant operator who feuded with the newspaper. Officers also raided the home of publisher Eric Meyer, who lived with his 98-year-old mother, Joan.
The newspaper reported Saturday that Joan Meyer, “stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief,” had collapsed and died.
The newspaper said it was planning to file a federal lawsuit. Free press attorneys and advocacy groups rejected the police explanation for the raid.
“It appears like the police department is trying to criminalize protected speech in an attempt to sidestep federal law,” said Jared McClain, an attorney for the Institute for Justice, a libertarian law firm.
You’re screen name is apt.
Could be FedPosters. Careful.
Baiting is a sign of a glowie.
You’re screen name is apt.
Please do some thing thinking as to why you are offended. Get past your emotions.
Yawn…
Thank you, I’m not sure what motivates people into saying crap like that. They’re either commie operators or emasculated at birth.
I understand your point, maybe it could be said better, maybe not.
For some reason, God has put in my mind in recent years, “Find the warriors”
It appears there are very few out there. But there is always a remnant.
http://learntocarry.com/files/On-Sheep-Wolves-And-Sheepdogs.pdf
The above speaks to warriors. But it needs to be tested against God’s Word. It does not speak to sheep or wolves.
The difference between a wolf and sheep dog is the heart. Trumps heart is good, but he looks like a wolf to the sheep.
Yawn…
I’m not going to. Use the search feature and look for yourself, I’ve been here for a long time.
I lay out what I do, CLEARLY, and what Freepers should do, or what we used to do as FreeRepublic State Chapters. It’s all there, but you won’t look for the reasons I previously mentioned.
Quit wasting people’s time. You’re either a troll, dim operator or a STUPID voter skeptic, I’m done pussyfooting around with your ilk, quite frankly, you’re not worth responding to, your type has ruined what FreeRepublic once stood for.
And yet you are responding to me…
FBI needs to go in and hire all these good policeman.
Driver license numbers are easy to obtain. Many places ask to see your DL when you buy liquor, firearms, ammunition, or use a credit card.
Cops caused the publisher’s 98 year old mother to collapse and die?
They are responsible for the mother’s death.
Also, court records are available online in most jurisdictions. The underlying premise is bull.
This whole raid was illegal.
Below is the last couple of sections from the article:
The Marion County Record on Saturday said Joan Meyer, the publisher’s mother and co-owner of the paper, had not been able to eat or sleep after officers arrived at her house.
“She tearfully watched during the raid as police not only carted away her computer and a router used by an Alexa smart speaker but also dug through her son Eric’s personal bank and investments statements to photograph them,” the newspaper reported.
Before the raid, the report said, Joan Meyer had been “in good health for her age.”
Beyond the tragic effect on the aged mother’s health (she died), you have to wonder how photographing the newspaper publisher’s banking and investment statements, has anything to do with the alleged identity theft of the bar owner.
The search warrant, which should identify the alleged crime and specify what was being sought, has not yet been released. Until it is, this police action seems like a fishing expedition against the newspaper on behalf of the bar owner.
Yeah, sue them.
Time to lock and load.
Wow.
More Jack-booted-thug action from the boys in blue. This time even in a po-dunk town in Kansas. We are officially living in a police state.
“Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” ... though it can be argued the press mentioned in the Constitution is everyone who can use a printing press, not just journalists.
The 1st Amendment is dead.
Jackboots better not get stupid on my doorstep.
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