Media Organizations Blast Kansas Police for Raid and Seizure of Local Marion County Newspaper

Back in the U.S., Kansas police raided local newspaper the Marion County Record and the home of its publisher and co-owner Joan Meyer Friday, seizing computers and other materials. One day later, on Saturday, 98-year-old Joan Meyer died. The paper blamed the police action, which it said “stressed beyond her limits.” The raid reportedly stemmed from a dispute between the newspaper and a local restaurant owner who accused the Marion County Record of illegally obtaining information about a drunk driving incident. But it appears the newspaper had also been actively...