Marion County Record Police Raid Postscript

A quick look at journalism controversy from the middle of Kansas that resonated across the world:

Since then, three Marion County Record current and now-former employees have filed suits in response to the police action, and on April 1, Eric Meyer, his mother Joan’s estate and the Marion County Record sued the city of Marion, its former mayor and police chief plus other officials. That federal lawsuit accuses the “co-conspirators” of violating the First (freedom of the press) and Fourth Amendments (protection against unreasonable searches).

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After the Raid: Lawsuits, Boosted Circulation, Fallout from the Death of a 98-Year-Old Mother

The Marion County Record in Marion, Kan., a city of fewer than 2,000 people, hit the national spotlight last August when the town's police raided the small, weekly newspaper's office and publishers' home and, in the course of lengthy searches, seized computers and cell phones.