Vice-Mayor Ruth Herbel, whose home was also raided Aug. 11, praised Cody's suspension as “the best thing that can happen to Marion right now.'
The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday.Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield in a text said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He declined to discuss his decision further and did not say whether Cody was still being paid.Voice messages and emails from the AP seeking comment from Cody's lawyers were not immediately returned Saturday.The Aug.
The Aug. 11 searches of the Marion County Record’s office and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member have beenputting Marion at the center of a debate over the press protections offered by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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