{"id":1998999,"date":"2023-08-12T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T19:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T23:58:45","slug":"police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Kansas Execute \u2018Chilling\u2019 Raid on Small-Town Newspaper, Seizing Phones and Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998999&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Police Raid on Kansas Newspaper Office Sparks Outrage\u2062 and Legal Threats<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking turn of events, the small town of Marion, Kansas, has become the center of\u2062 controversy as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uae-sentences-arab-israeli-woman-to-death-for-one-pound-of-cocaine\/\" title=\"UAE Sentences Arab Israeli Woman to Death for One Pound of Cocaine\">local police raided<\/a> the office of a prominent newspaper and the home of its publisher. The \u2063incident has ignited accusations of abuse of power and\u200c raised\u200c concerns about press freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Meyer, the owner \u2063and publisher of\u200b the Marion County Record, detailed the raid in a recent edition of the newspaper.\u2062 According to Meyer, four police officers and three sheriff&#8217;s deputies stormed his home and the Record office, confiscating personal devices and computers. To\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, they also seized the newspaper&#8217;s file server and other equipment unrelated to \u2062their search, jeopardizing the publication&#8217;s ability to continue its work.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/family-of-man-killed-during-fbi-raid-speaks-out-for-first-time-5459281\">Family \u200bof Man Killed During FBI Raid Speaks Out\u200b for First Time<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/11\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dozens-of-armed-irs-agents-in-tactical-gear-raid-florida-business-report-5409807\">Dozens of Armed IRS Agents In Tactical Gear\u2064 Raid Florida Business: Report<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">7\/20\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meyer expressed his concerns, stating, &#8220;Our first\u2064 priority is to be able to publish next week. But we also want to make sure no other news organization is ever exposed to the Gestapo tactics we witnessed today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the newspaper&#8217;s reporters, Deb Gruver, \u200dtook to social media to share\u2063 her experience during the raid. She revealed that she was injured when the police chief\u200c forcibly took her cell phone. Gruver described the incident as &#8220;chilling&#8221; and has filed a report with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The legality of the search warrant used in the raid has come into question. The warrant, signed by Marion County District Court Magistrate Judge Laura Viar, allowed\u2064 law enforcement \u2064to seize materials from the newspaper. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-kansas-execute-chilling-raid-on-small-town-newspaper-seizing-phones-and-computers\/\" title=\"Kansas police conduct alarming raid on local newspaper, confiscating devices.\">federal law\u2064 typically protects \u200djournalists<\/a> from such searches without\u2063 a subpoena. Judge Viar&#8217;s office has yet to comment on the warrant&#8217;s\u2063 legality.<\/p>\n<p>The Marion County\u200d police chief, Gideon Cody, defended the \u200craid, stating that\u2062 there are exceptions to the subpoena requirement when there is reason to believe a journalist is involved in \u200cwrongdoing. He expressed confidence that the full story will\u2062 vindicate the actions taken.<\/p>\n<h2>Allegations of Identity \u200bTheft and Unlawful Acts<\/h2>\n<p>The raid was based on allegations of identity theft and unlawful \u200ccomputer acts targeting local business owner Kari Newell. A \u2063confidential source provided evidence to the Record, which was verified by one of their reporters. However, the newspaper decided not to publish the \u2062story, suspecting a setup. Instead,\u200d they contacted the police.<\/p>\n<p>After being informed about the sensitive information provided to the Record, Newell publicly accused the newspaper of illegally obtaining and disseminating the documents during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-of-charlottesville-pens-vulgar-poem-likening-city-to-rapist\/\" title=\"Mayor Of Charlottesville Pens Vulgar Poem Likening City To Rapist\">city council meeting<\/a>. This accusation prompted Meyer to write an article to set the record straight, which was followed by the police raid the next day.<\/p>\n<p>While Newell\u2063 was \u2064unavailable for comment, \u2062she released a statement\u2064 claiming that\u200c the entire ordeal was an attempt to smear her name and harm her business. Meyer plans to take \u200blegal action against the city of\u2063 Marion and those involved in the raid, seeking maximum sanctions under the \u2062law.<\/p>\n<h2>Outrage and \u200bConcerns for Press Freedom<\/h2>\n<p>The raid \u200don the Marion County Record has sparked outrage and raised concerns about press freedom. Journalist Joel Mathis, who previously worked \u2063for the newspaper, expressed his worries about \u200dthe incident on social media. He emphasized the need for a \u2063strong justification for\u2062 the search warrant to protect the First \u200bAmendment rights of journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Clay Wirestone, the opinion editor for the Kansas Reflector,\u200d echoed these concerns, stating that the \u200draid sends a threatening message to journalists. The full details of the raid are \u2063yet to be revealed, but the implications for press freedom are alarming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the small Kansas town of Marion have raided a local newspaper office and the home of its publisher, seizing equipment and sparking claims of abuse of power and threats of legal action.Eric Meyer, the owner and publisher of the Marion County Record, said in an Aug. 9 edition of the newspaper that four<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":1999000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}