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.
Legal experts believe the raid on the newspaper violated a federal privacy law or a state law shielding journalists from having to identify sources or turn over unpublished material to law enforcement.
Video of the raid on the home of publisher Eric Meyer shows how distraught his 98-year-old mother became as officers searched through their belongings.
Another reporter last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief over the raid.
Persons:
Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield, Gideon Cody, Cody, Marion, Ruth Herbel, it’s, ” Herbel, Eric Meyer, Meyer, Joan Meyer
Organizations:
Associated Press, Marion, City, U.S, U.S . Constitution, Facebook
Locations:
Kansas, Marion County, U.S .