TOPEKA, Kan. — A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts say, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights, a former federal prosecutor added, saying: "I'd probably have the FBI starting to look."
Barb Creamer, who works in the distribution operation for the Marion County Record, goes through copies of its latest edition Wednesday in Marion, Kan.
Television reporters and videographers from stations across the region prepare to report Wednesday on the aftermath of police raids on the Marion County Record in Marion, Kan.
Editor and Publisher Eric Meyer considers a question from reporters Wednesday about the aftermath of a police raid on his newspaper's offices and his home in Marion, Kan.
Barb Creamer, who works in the distribution operation for the Marion County Record, goes through copies of its latest edition Wednesday in Marion, Kan.
Television reporters and videographers from stations across the region prepare to report Wednesday on the aftermath of police raids on the Marion County Record in Marion, Kan.
Editor and Publisher Eric Meyer considers a question from reporters Wednesday about the aftermath of a police raid on his newspaper's offices and his home in Marion, Kan.
