Marion County Record and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M

The offices of the Marion County Record weekly newspaper are seen in Marion, Kan., on Aug. 21, 2023. The weekly newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday, April 1, 2024 over police raids last summer of its offices …TOPEKA, Kan.

The raids put Marion, a town of about 1,900 people set among rolling prairie hills about 150 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, at the center of a national debate over press freedoms. It also highlighted the intense divisions over a newspaper known for its aggressive coverage of local issues and its strong criticism of some officials.

The city of Marion’s budget for 2023 was about $8.7 million, while the county’s budget was about $35 million. The newspaper’s attorney, Bernie Rhodes, noted that when police raided the home that Meyer and his mother shared, she told the former police chief, “Boy, are you going to be in trouble.”Jennifer Hill, an attorney representing the city and former and current city officials, declined to comment. Jeffrey Kuhlman, an attorney representing the county commission, the sheriff and his former deputy, said he couldn’t comment because he hasn’t had time to review the lawsuit.

The latest lawsuit says it was filed to seek justice over “intolerable” violations of constitutional rights and “to deter the next crazed cop from threatening democracy.”

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