DemocracySpot, (edited )
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⚖️ The extralegal confiscation by "Law Enforcement" of a newspaper's entire information infrastructure, plus a couple snaps of their bank statements, just for shits and giggles, occurred in Marion, Kansas on Friday, August 11, 2023.

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

eyesquash,
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@DemocracySpot I wish that civil forfeiture were extralegal

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tomjennings,
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@DemocracySpot
Oh my. I suspect this will not work out for those shit cops.

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DemocracySpot,
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@geekgyrl

I just checked AP, WaPo and NYT. Not a peep. If we know about it, why don't they?

Saw the news earlier today, here.

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