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The Society of Professional Journalists' board unanimously offered $20,000 to the family-owned Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement investigating allegations of identity theft and illegal use of a computer.
MARION, Kan. — A raid on the Marion County Record has undermined operations of the weekly newspaper and alarmed First Amendment champions. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The Society of Professional Journalists’ board unanimously offered $20,000 to the Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement.
Police raided the Marion County Record in Kansas after local business owner Kari Newell accused the newspaper of illegally getting her personal data.
Kansas police raided a local newspaper after it got a tip that a local restaurant owner had a DUI. Marion County Record publisher said the raid will have a "chilling effect" on the newsroom. The National Newspaper Association said the raid is "unthinkable in an America that respects its First Amendment rights."