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The Marion County Record, a newspaper in Kansas that the police raided last week, is getting its equipment back from local law enforcement, the county’s top prosecutor said on Wednesday. Joel Ensey, the Marion County attorney, said in a statement that there was insufficient evidence to justify the search of The Marion County Record and seizure of its journalists’ equipment. “As a result, I have submitted a proposed order asking the court to release the evidence seized,” he said. “I have asked local law enforcement to return the material seized to the owners of the property.”The police and county sheriff’s deputies raided the newspaper’s office, the home of its owner and editor and the home of a city councilwoman on Friday — collecting computers, cellphones and other materials. It is extremely rare for law enforcement authorities in the United States to search and seize the tools to produce journalism.

Persons: Joel Ensey, ”, “ Organizations: Marion County Locations: Marion, Kansas, Marion County, United States

☆ Joann Meyer, Longtime Editor of a Besieged Newspaper, Dies at 98
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Clay Risen | More About Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Joann Meyer, who spent nearly 60 years as a reporter, columnist, editor and associate publisher at The Marion County Record in Kansas, died on Saturday at her home, a day after the police searched the newspaper’s offices. She was 98. Her son, Eric Meyer, the newspaper’s publisher, confirmed the death. The newspaper, which said it had received the document from an anonymous source, verified the information, but Mr. Meyer decided not to publish an article about it. Nevertheless, on Friday morning a judge issued a warrant permitting the police to search the Meyer residence and the newspaper’s offices for evidence of identity theft and the “illegal use of a computer.”

Persons: Joann Meyer, Eric Meyer, —, Meyer Organizations: Marion County Record Locations: Marion, Kansas

☆ Kansas newspaper says co-owner, 98, dies from stress after police search
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Aug 13 (Reuters) - A Kansas newspaper that was searched by police said its 98-year-old co-owner died on Saturday from stress related to the incident, which free press advocates condemned as a possible violation of the Marion County Record's First Amendment rights. "Stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief after illegal police raids on her home and the Marion County Record newspaper office Friday, 98-year-old newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, otherwise in good health for her age, collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home," the paper reported. Marion County Police also searched the newspaper office on Friday, seizing personal cell phones, computers and the newspaper server, among other equipment, the Record said. On Saturday, he issued a statement justifying the search of the newspaper. The Kansas Press Association described the search as "unprecedented" and "an assault on the very foundation of democracy."

Persons: Kari Newell, Newell, Phyllis Zorn, Joan Meyer, Meyer, Gideon Cody, Cody, Don Durfee, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Marion County, Marion, Court, Reuters, Marion Country, Marion County Record, Medical, Marion County Police, Marion Police, U.S . Constitution, The Kansas Press Association, Freedom, Press, Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Kansas, Marion, Marion County, U.S ., Washington

☆ Kansas Paper Warns Police Not to Review Information on Seized Devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Katie Robertson | More About Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A lawyer for The Marion County Record, a Kansas newspaper that was raided by the police late last week, demanded that the town’s Police Department not review any information on the devices it seized until a court hearing could be scheduled. The lawyer, Bernard J. Rhodes, said in a letter to Marion’s police chief, Gideon Cody, that he was offering the department “an opportunity to mitigate my client’s damages from the illegal searches.”On Friday, the police and county sheriff’s deputies raided the newspaper’s office, the home of its owner and editor, and the home of a city councilwoman. They collected computers, cellphones and other materials. The searches were part of investigation into how a document containing information about a local restaurateur found its way to and was handled by The Record — and whether the restaurant owner’s privacy was violated in the process. A search warrant issued by a judge on Friday morning cited potential violations of laws involving identity theft and the illegal use of a computer.

Persons: Bernard J, Rhodes, Gideon Cody, ” Organizations: Marion County, town’s Police Department Locations: Kansas

☆ Marion County Record seizure: Dozens of news organizations condemn police raid
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Marion County Record’s co-owner and publisher, Eric Meyer, believes Friday’s raid was prompted by a story published Wednesday about a local business owner. Authorities countered they are investigating what they called “identity theft” and “unlawful acts concerning computers,” according to a search warrant. Computers, cell phones, and other materials were seized during the raid at the Marion County Record, Meyer confirmed to CNN. Newell told CNN the Marion County Record unlawfully used her credentials to get information that was available only to law enforcement, private investigators and insurance agencies. Chief Cody was not able to provide details on Friday’s raid, saying it remains an ongoing criminal investigation – but offered a justification.

Persons: Gideon Cody, Record’s, Eric Meyer, Friday’s, Meyer, Kari Newell, Newell, Cody, ” Cody, “, ” –, Sarah Moon Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Kansas, Freedom, Press, Marion Police, Associated Press, The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Authorities, Computers, Marion County Locations: Marion

A small town in Kansas has become a battleground over the First Amendment, after the local police force and county sheriff’s deputies raided the office of the Marion County Record. Raids of news organizations are exceedingly rare in the United States, with its long history of legal protections for journalists. At the Record, a family-owned paper with a circulation of about 4,000, the police seized computers, servers and cellphones of reporters and editors. They also searched the home of the publication’s owner and semiretired editor as well as the home of a city councilwoman. The searches, conducted on Friday, appeared to be linked to an investigation into how a document containing information about a local restaurateur found its way to the local newspaper — and whether the restaurant owner’s privacy was violated in the process.

Persons: Bryan Carmody, Jeff Adachi Organizations: Marion County Locations: Kansas, Marion, United States, Wichita, San Francisco

☆ Congressmen call on Biden to stop Greg Abbott from transporting migrants to Democratic-led cities after a 3-year-old child died on a bus headed from Texas to Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The lawmakers made the plea after a 3-year-old died on a bus headed to Chicago on Thursday. Abbott has been battling with the Biden administration over immigration issues for over two years. Greg Abbott from transporting migrants from the US-Mexico border region to cities across the country after a three-year-old child died while en route to Chicago on Thursday. We are saddened and horrified, but not surprised, by the death of a three-year-old child on a state-sponsored bus from Texas to Chicago," the lawmakers said. Governor Abbott's barbaric practices are killing people, and the Biden administration has an obligation to stop them."

Persons: Castro, Joe Biden, Abbott, Biden, Greg Abbott, Joaquin Castro of, apprehensions, Eric Adams, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Adams Organizations: Gov, Service, Democratic, Texas Republican Gov, Reps, Lone Star, Operation Lone Star, The Texas Division, Emergency Management, US Customs, New York Times, Associated Press, The Illinois Department of Public Health, Texas Division, White, New York City, Los Angeles Mayor Locations: Chicago, Wall, Silicon, Mexico, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Chuy, García, Illinois, Denver, Los Angeles , New York, Washington, Texas, Brownsville , Texas, Antonio, Marion County , Illinois, New York

☆ One of the most dangerous hours in America is now 11 o’clock on Sunday morning
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

It would also foreshadow a disturbing trend that has only worsened in subsequent years: 11 o’clock on Sunday morning is now one of the most dangerous hours of the week in America, pastors and church security officials say. Brady Boyd, senior pastor of New Life Church, the same church where Assam confronted a gunman 16 years ago. And in 2018, a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. But his church security does not have a monopoly on Sunday morning firepower. Consider this sobering Sunday morning scenario:A spiritual seeker visits a church and finds it filled with metal detectors and armed security guards carrying walkie-talkies.

Persons: Jeanne Assam, He’s, Beretta, Jake Stephens, Brian Snyder, ”, Brady Boyd, Boyd, “ That’s, Scott Olson, Rabbi Hillel Norry, Beth David, Norry, “, Kwon, Jeff Swensen, ” Norry, that’s, Shaukat Warraich, Dwayne Harris, Harris, Hope, ” Harris, Darren Hauck, Tim Russell, ‘ I’m, David Swanson, Pastors, Jesus ’, ” Boyd, Jesus, Tommy Mason, Mason, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Saint Joseph, Beau Biden, Brendan Smialowski, Jerilee Bennett, George W . Bush, “ You’re Organizations: CNN, New, Church, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Reuters Churches, New Life, White, Texas Church of Christ, Baptist, Security, Police, House Church, Geneva Presbyterian, Colorado Springs, Marion County Baptist Association, Service, Brandywine Catholic, “ Police, AP, Minneapolis Police Department Locations: Colorado, Assam, Colorado Springs, America, Charleston , South Carolina, Sutherland Springs , Texas, Texas, Orange County , California, Oak Creek , Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Georgia, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, That’s, New Zealand, Missouri, ”, Geneva, Laguna Woods , California, Marion, Alabama, Saint, Brandywine, Brandywine Catholic Church, Wilmington , Delaware, AFP, AP Assam

Section 1983 gives people the power to sue in federal court when state officials violate their constitutional or statutory rights. In a 2019 lawsuit, his wife, Ivanka Talevski, said Talevski was subjected to harmful psychotropic drugs and unlawfully transferred to an all-male facility. A law called the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act places limits the use of physical or chemical restraints and on transferring patients. President Joe Biden's administration had urged the justices to reject a broad limitation on lawsuits pursued under Section 1983. Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Additional reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Gorgi, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Ivanka Talevski, Talevski, Joe Biden's, Nate Raymond, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Indiana, Health, Hospital Corp, Ku Klux Klan, Americans, Conservative, Valparaiso Care, Rehabilitation, Health and Hospital Corp, Federal Nursing Home, Thomson Locations: Indiana, Marion County, Valparaiso, Boston

☆ 2 Indianapolis Police Officers Face Manslaughter Charges in Death of Black Man
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two Indianapolis police officers were indicted on manslaughter charges on Thursday in the death of Herman Whitfield III, a Black man who died in April 2022 after he was restrained by the police when his parents called 911 because he was having a mental health crisis. In addition to involuntary manslaughter, the officers, Adam Ahmad, 31, and Steven Sanchez, 34, also face felony charges of reckless homicide and battery and an additional misdemeanor count of battery. Officer Sanchez faces a second count of involuntary manslaughter for using a Taser, according to the indictment. The officers could face more than 20 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Mr. Whitfield’s death followed a series of episodes in which Black men were killed in police custody — encounters that have prompted national protests.

[1/2] Activists protest in the Indiana Statehouse during a special session debating on banning abortion in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney OrrDec 2 (Reuters) - A second Indiana judge on Friday blocked the state from enforcing its law banning most abortions after Jewish, Muslim and other non-Christian women challenged it in a lawsuit. The plaintiffs have argued that the measure infringes on religious freedom protected by another state law. The law had already been on hold, as another judge in September blocked Indiana from enforcing it while Planned Parenthood and other healthcare providers challenge it in court. The ACLU said the plaintiffs represented religions including Judaism and Islam as well as "independent spiritual belief systems."

☆ Another Supreme Court Clean-Up Job
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is being asked to correct another misconceived decision that has let individuals sue states under a Reconstruction Era law for not complying with federal spending rules. This sleeper case hasn’t generated headlines but has major constitutional implications. Congress typically sets conditions on money distributed to states for programs such as Medicaid. The question in Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski is whether individuals can enforce Congress’s rules in federal court and receive damages for state violations.

☆ Doctor who performed abortion on 10-year-old rape victim sues Indiana AG over bids to access records
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana’s attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous” consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients’ confidential medical records. The lawsuit targeting Attorney General Todd Rokita was filed Thursday in Marion County on behalf of Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, her medical partner, Dr. Amy Caldwell, and their patients. After the news of the 10-year-old’s abortion broke, Rokita told Fox News he would investigate whether Bernard violated child abuse notification or abortion reporting laws. He also said his office would look into whether anything Bernard said to The Indianapolis Star about the girl’s case violated federal medical privacy laws. Bernard’s attorney, Kathleen DeLaney, signaled in a July court filing that she planned to sue Rokita.

☆ Florida student gives out $10K to classmates after allegedly stealing grandmother's savings, police say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SUMMERFIELD, Fla. — A 14-year-old girl caused a stir at a north Florida middle school when she handed out more than $10,000 that she is accused of stealing from her grandmother, officials said. Marion County deputies responded to Lake Weir Middle School in Summerfield on Thursday after reports that a student was giving classmates hundreds of dollars each, according to an arrest report. School officials conducted a search of the girl’s backpack and found about $2,500, deputies said. The girl said she had been given the money by an unknown former student who wanted the money disseminated. The arrest report doesn’t say why the girl allegedly took the money or why she gave it away to her classmates.

☆ Federal grand jury indicts police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed man in the face
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis police officer accused of kicking a handcuffed man in the face during an arrest last year was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury for alleged use of excessive force. The police body camera video of a forceful arrest on Sept. 24, 2021, appears to show an officer, Sgt. Police Chief Randal Taylor recommended last year that Huxley, then a 14-year veteran of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, be dismissed. Court records detailing those charges said Huxley and two officers approached a man near the city’s Monument Circle after hearing him shouting. Officers asked the man to stop shouting, but after he refused he was handcuffed.

☆ 'American Idol' runner-up Willie Spence dies at 23 after car crash
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former "American Idol" runner-up Willie Spence died following a car accident on Tuesday, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Spence, 23, finished as runner-up to Chayce Beckham in the show's 19th season, which aired last year. Just hours before the crash, Spence posted a video of himself singing "You Are My Hiding Place" on his Instagram page. Katharine McPhee Foster, who finished as the runner-up on season five of "Idol" and performed a duet with Spence on season 19, posted news of the death to her Instagram story. Spence planned to perform at a show in London next month, according to a post on his Instagram.

☆ Willie Spence, ‘American Idol’ Season 19 runner-up, dead at 23
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Willie Spence, a singer who as a teen went viral with his rendition of Rihanna’s hit “Diamonds” and was the runner up on Season 19 on “American Idol, has died the show confirmed in a social media posting on Wednesday. “We are devastated about the passing of our beloved American Idol family member, Willie Spence,” read the caption on a video of Spence’s “Idol” audition, posted on the show’s verified Instagram account. TMZ also reported that a family member confirmed to them that Spence died after a crash. Spence also chose to perform the song for his audition for “American Idol” in 2021. That’s where I see myself in five years.”“American Idol” fifth season runner up Katharine McPhee Foster took to her Instagram stories to post a tribute to Spence, who she met on “Idol” during his season.

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