Ex-Kansas Police Chief Who Led a Raid on a Newspaper Is Charged With Obstruction
Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody is also accused of persuading a potential witness to withhold information from authorities when they later investigated his conduct.
Prosecutors Plan To Charge Former Kansas Police Chief Over His Conduct Following Newspaper Raid
The raid sparked a national debate about press freedom focused on Marion, a town of about of about 1,900 people about 150 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri.
Former Reporter Settles Part of Her Lawsuit Over a Police Raid on a Kansas Newspaper for $235,000
The settlement removed the former police chief in Marion from the lawsuit filed by former Marion County Record reporter Deb Gruver, but it doesn’t apply to two other officials she sued over the raid: the Marion County sheriff and the county’s prosecutor.
Kansas Paper and Its Publisher Sue Over Police Raids. They Say Damages Exceed $10M
The lawsuit accuses the city of Marion, the Marion County Commission and five current and former local officials of violating free press rights.
Third Employee of Kansas Newspaper Sues Over Police Raid That Sparked Firestorm
The suit alleges that officers entered the building with a search warrant that “unconstitutionally targeted the Record and its staff” over their newsgathering.
Kansas Moves To Join Texas and Other States in Requiring Porn Sites To Verify People’s Ages
Some critics questioned whether the measure would violate free speech and press rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
A Reporter Is Suing a Kansas Town and Various Officials Over a Police Raid on Her Newspaper
The reporter's suit claims she was deprived of her press and speech freedoms and the protection from unreasonable police searches guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Kansas Lawmakers Want a Report on Last Year’s Police Raid of a Newspaper
Thirty-five Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Kansas House introduced a resolution condemning the Aug. 11 raid of the Marion County Record’s offices.