Police Chief Gideon Cody and the Marion County Record had a tense relationship that began months before he led the Aug. 11 raid.
An image from surveillance video at the Marion County Record shows police confiscating computers and cellphones from the publisher and staff on Aug. 11. The police chief who led the August raid of a newspaper and its publisher’s home in a small Kansas town was suspended Thursday, the mayor confirmed Sunday in an email.The raid set off a storm of questions from news organizations and their advocates, who viewed it as a major threat to press freedom.
Mayfield declined to comment further on the decision, writing that it was a personnel matter. Cody and his attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday evening.“We can’t duck our heads until it goes away, because it’s not going to go away until we do something about it,” she said.
The raid followed allegations that a local restaurant owner, Kari Newell, made about the newspaper. Newell, who was seeking a liquor license, alleged during an August town meeting that the Record illegally obtained information about a previous drunken driving conviction — which would jeopardize her application under Kansas law. In an early Augustabout Newell’s claims, the Record said someone had sent the information through social media, and the newsroom ultimately decided not to publish it.
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