Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper

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(08-24-2023, 02:36 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: That's not really what it's all about.
I doubt the DUI and so on would have a ton of effect on voting. 
however using that info to block her restaurants ability to continue to serve Alcohol is the real issue.

This same paper did this:

Jared Smith, a lifelong Marion resident, said Monday that he supports the police raid. Smith accused the newspaper of ruining his wife’s day spa business opened only a year ago by digging into her past and discovering she had appeared nude in a magazine years before. That fact was repeated in the Record more than 20 times over a six-month period, Smith said.


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/police-chief-who-raided-local-30712183





So in a way, it seems they were borderline abusing their power. I see zero purpose (other that being malicious) why they reported the nude info so often but that's a separate issue. 

But they didn't us their power because they didn't publish the story and in fact went tot he police with their concerns over the tip.

Having another person support the raid because they felt personally slighted in the past isn't surprising either.  Welcome to a small town.

Also this is from the same article you linked...

Quote:Police chief who raided local newspaper offices was being investigated over sex claims
Amid accusations of sexual misconduct against a police chief, a local newspaper's office was raided by the police over allegedly obtaining information illegally, prompting press freedom concerns


The surveillance video shows Marion Police Department confiscating computers and cellphones from the publisher (
Image: AP)
By
Lucy WilliamsonSenior Reporter

• 21:55, 15 Aug 2023
  

The police chief who defended the decision to raid a small-town newspaper was being investigated by its reporters over claims of alleged sexual misconduct, reports suggest.


The Marion Police Department are investigating the Marion County Record over allegations that it illegally obtained personal information. 
The police department, headed up by chief Gideon Cody, raided the publisher over allegations they illegally obtained person information about a local business owner.


The newspaper in Kansas struggled to publish its next edition on Monday (14 August) due to a police raid of its office where computers and cellphones were confiscated.


The newspaper claims that it had been investigating Gideon, 54, after receiving an “outpouring of calls” claiming he had retired from his last police post to avoid demotion over sexual misconduct allegations. He denies the allegations.

The information about the claims were contained on one of the computers seized during the raid on the newspaper’s office, newspaper publisher and co-owner Eric Meyer said.






Front entrance to the Marion County Sheriff's department ( 
Image: 
Mark Reinstein/MediaPunch/IPx)

Brian Karman, Gideon’s business partner and colleague of more than two decades, said he knew of no sexual misconduct allegations against Gideon while working for the Kansas City police.

Heck, it was the headline.

You kind of left out the lead, as they say.

It's almost like some people have an agenda and the truth isn't necessarily important.