“They showed up like the Gestapo.” Marion County Record publisher and co-owner Eric Meyer told The Daily Beast that the operation traumatized his 98-year-old mother, who died on Saturday afternoon after collapsing at her home.
shows officers laughing and making jokes as they snapped photos of private passwords and removed computer hard drives.while at least two employees were forced to wait outside during the 90-minute search—which has sparked outrage and is cloaked in mystery.
“I’ll talk shit behind the chief’s back, just not to his face,” one officer says, making Cody and his colleagues laugh. The chief did not respond to a request for comment Monday, but previously told The Daily Beast that he believes “when the rest of the story is available to the public, the judicial system that is being questioned will be vindicated.”
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