Illegal Raids Against Kansas Newspaper: Special Prosecutors Clear Police, Officials
"Evidence strongly suggests" police and law enforcement officials believed they were "investigating criminal acts," the special prosecutors claimed
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Special prosecutors cleared police of criminal wrongdoing when they carried out illegal raids against a community newspaper in a small town in Kansas called the Marion County Record.
“[T]here is no evidence that Marion law enforcement agents recognized the inadequacy of the investigation or intentionally or knowingly misled either other law enforcement agents or the court,” Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett and Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson claimed. “The evidence strongly suggests they genuinely believed they were investigating criminal acts.”
"It is not a crime under Kansas law for a law enforcement officer to conduct a poor investigation and reach erroneous conclusions," the special prosecutors asserted.
Judge Laura Viar, the magistrate who authorized the search warrants for the raids, was also cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, even though it was recently reported that Viar may have deliberately misrepresented key facts to ensure the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct did not hold her accountable.
The special prosecutors did, however, recommend that Cody be charged with “obstruction of judicial process” after the raids, and they affirmed that the Record and its staff had committed zero crimes while engaged in journalism.
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Sounds like Federal Law was violated
Thank You Kevin