Toto, it looks like we're not in America anymore.
has been investigating the Marion County chief of police, who carried out the raid and has since defended it.Without access to the affidavit, the public cannot begin to assess whether this raid on the small, rural newspaper was in any way justified, but as it stands now, it looks like a dramatic violation of basic press freedoms.
The implications of the raid potentially stretch far beyond the Record. Sources far from Kansas may now be reluctant to share information with journalists out of fear that their communications and identities may become known to law enforcement if that journalist or newsroom is similarly raided. That’s precisely why protecting sources is vital to journalists’ ability to do their jobs.
The confiscation of the Record’s devices and documents has jeopardized its ability to publish a paper at all, effectively erasing a vital source of news for the Marion community. Due in large part to the county withholding relevant information, the facts here are still largely in dispute. But if the current reporting is true, Marion County appears to be the latest in a line of state and local governments attempting to silence speech they find objectionable. Earlier this year, Florida Gov.
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