Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a ...
WEBJul 5, 2024 · 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.
Judge who signed Kansas newspaper search warrant had 2 DUI
WEBAug 17, 2023 · The Marion County Record now has all of the devices police seized in a raid. Local newspapers report that the judge who signed the search warrant had two drunken driving arrests within a...
Unsealed documents detail how authorities justified the raid of a …
WEBAug 23, 2023 · Newly unsealed court records provide insight into how law enforcement justified a highly unusual raid of the office of a Marion, Kansas, newspaper – a decision that has drawn widespread...
$235,000 Settlement Is Reached in Police Raid of a Kansas …
WEBJul 6, 2024 · Almost one year after the authorities raided The Marion County Record, a Kansas weekly newspaper, a former reporter has reached a $235,000 settlement as part of a lawsuit she filed over...
Kansas judge who authorized newspaper raid cleared of …
WEBDec 7, 2023 · The Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed a complaint against magistrate Laura Viar for signing a search warrant that allowed police to raid the Marion County Record.
A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of ...
WEBAug 29, 2023 · Kansas authorities must destroy all electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month, a judge ordered Tuesday, nearly two weeks after computers and cellphones seized in the search were returned.
Documents say police believe the raided Kansas paper broke the …
WEBAug 21, 2023 · The police chief who led the raid of a Kansas newspaper has alleged in previously unreleased court documents that a reporter either impersonated someone else or lied about her intentions when she obtained the driving records of a local business owner.
Raided Kansas newspaper’s seized items will be returned after …
WEBAug 16, 2023 · Officers raided the Marion County Record in Marion on Friday, the newspaper said, in a case that infuriated press freedom watchdogs, who claimed that the law enforcement action was a...
Police Raid Kansas Newspaper Office - The New York Times
WEBAug 13, 2023 · A small town in Kansas has become a battleground over the First Amendment, after the local police force and county sheriff’s deputies raided the office of The Marion County Record.
Confidential affidavits detail reasoning for police raid of Kansas ...
WEBAug 19, 2023 · The Aug. 11 police raid sparked outrage among First Amendment advocates and news organizations across the nation. Officers seized computers, phones and other records during the search, a...