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Oh no, not criticism! How will they sleep at night?
Fuck that, every one of them should be immediately fired and black listed from any form of law employment.
They should be thrown in jail.
Absolutely. Police need to be held accountable to the crimes they comment.
Newell said she threw Meyer and the Record reporter out of the event for Republican U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner event at the request of others who are upset with the “toxic” newspaper. On the town’s main street, one storefront included a handmade “Support Marion PD” sign.”
It's because of this I have the feeling that the court magistrate (and the sheriff for that matter) are likely to be re-elected regardless. This is MAGA country and they don't care about the things their side does so long as their side wins.
DOJ might care. It’s a first amendment violation
yep.. town full of cowards..
Hopefully federal investigators look into this and dig up a bunch of dirt on these corrupt cops.
Meyer said he has been flooded with offers of help from press freedom groups and other news organizations. But he said what he and his staff need is more hours in the day to get their next edition put together.
Both he and Newell are contemplating lawsuits — Newell against the newspaper and Meyer against the public officials who staged the raid.
What happened is terrible, and he and the staff must be in so much pain right now, but this is Meyer's opportunity to step up and tackle the bigger issue vs focus on what's happening to him.
A small local paper can miss an issue if it means making a national point about the abuses that allow small-town overreach to occur. If they've never missed an issue before, that even becomes a positive in court. If he doesn't accept the help, and doesn't file lawsuits, this will be a distant memory.
It will be like he's in an abusive relationship with the local government. "That's just how they are, but I'm getting to do my thing now, so oh well," and the abuses there, and everywhere, continue. I truly hope that's not the case.
oh no! criticisms
Oh no! Not criticism! This shall be the end of them for sure.