Kansas authorities must destroy all electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month, a judge ordered Tuesday, nearly two weeks after computers and cellphones seized in the search were returned.
The Aug. 11 searches of the Marion County Record’s office and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member have been sharply criticized, putting Marion, a central Kansas town of about 1,900 people, at the center of a debate over the press protections offered by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Authorities returned the computers and cellphones they took during the raids after the prosecutor decided there was insufficient evidence to justify their seizure. A few days later the newspaper learned from court documents about the thumb drive with an electronic copy of thousands of files taken from its computers. It wasn’t disclosed in the initial search warrant inventory.
City Council members refused to discuss the raids at their meeting last week, and the mayor didn’t answer text message questions Tuesday about whether the raids will be on the next agenda. A spokeswoman for the KBI said it’s impossible to predict how long that agency’s investigation will take. The Kansas Press Association organized the T-shirt sale to show support for the newspaper. Executive Director Emily Bradbury said proceeds from the $24.49 shirts and $40.49 hoodies and other items that are supposed to be ready next week will go to the Kansas Newspaper Foundation that supports publications like the Marion County Record across the state.
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A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raidA judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month.
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A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raidA judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month.
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A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raidA judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month.
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A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raidA judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month
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A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raidA judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month
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A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raidA judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaper’s files when police raided its office this month.
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