Ex-Kansas police chief charged in newspaper raid

[@charleshowd9784]

Everyone connected to this should go to jail.

[@Americanpatriot298]

On point 👉 👈 👇 👌

[@GisherJohn24]

Sherman Sherman Sherman Sherman! Fabulous

[@tundebrazlik7679]

Exactly

[@commonwealthcommunitywatch6036]

realize how corrupt the system and cops are in this country.

[@theworldisnotcool9685]

If they were CBS it would of never happened

[@tothelighthouse9843]

It's not just the police chief & those officers. It's also the mayor & possibly others on council who decided this was an opportunity to sic the cops on these journalists & shut the paper down for good. Bless 98 yr old publisherJoan Meyer for her dedication to her newspaper & her community. May she rest in peace, & may those who raided her HOME ultimately face the full force of justice.

[@mahkyehayden1492]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@Phukugoooglification]

After the raid the Police Chief tried to have the journalists AND the Mayor arrested.

[@carma459]

Typical socialist, communist actions. Our government is now communist whether people want to believe it or not. It's at the beginning stages.

[@OneManParade]

The woman died shortly after this nonsense. He should go to prison.

[@douglashoward-t8o]

Next day.

[@bender5454]

Yes, she died because of this

[@geridannels1701]

It was his elderly mother. They raided the New Paper and at the home she did due to the officersstressed her to death!@@bender5454

[@AndyJayroe]

Indeed

[@mikewhitman578]

Well you better believe that it is a new day but just keep rolling the dice and see if you can win but everybody doesn't just ask Derek chauvin and the McMichael's and raja keep praying for them clown

[@sydneyevans2637]

The judge who signed the warrant (if there even was one) is the top of the chain for this injustice. Start there.

[@karensprings4237]

She just got off. A secret investigation. Stinks.

[@sydneyevans2637]

@@karensprings4237 It should go to the Supreme Court. They violated her first and fourth amendment rights in addition to endangering her. If this happened to any law enforcement or government agency the perpetrator would most probably be found guilty.

[@woodstream6137]

They could have lied to her too

[@sydneyevans2637]

@@woodstream6137 I wouldn't doubt that for a moment.

[@tammycornejo9155]

I agree 100%

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

Sad that the 90something owner was terrorized and later died

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Yes Heart attack brought on From abuse they did to her

[@grimtt]

Over nothing, so much identity theft goes on where people lose their life’s savings and the authorities decline to pursue, yet they toss a place of business and a home over a copy of a driving license??

[@FranktheDachshund]

She died the next day. During the raid she is on body camera saying you guys are going to give me a heart attack.

[@rt3box6tx74]

They police raid resulted in the death of a frail elder lady whose home was invaded. The police were reckless.

[@ekothesilent9456]

*murderous*

[@daryl4225]

Not reckless - they were abusive. Reckless implies they may have been unintentionally harmful. This was very intentional.

[@MrDavyboy123]

How many times had the Chief done this to other people. People in positions of Authority need to be held to a higher standard, and Charged to a higher degree

[@tiahenry4743]

This happens everyday, everywhere The police in this country are the gestapo and get trained in Israeli terrorist police tactics even against the elderly..

[@stevenmark8156]

Abuse of authority should result in very stiff consequences!

[@JazzyScat]

Yep "probation" very stiff. 🙄

[@stevenmark8156]

@@JazzyScat Not!!

[@sbalman]

That despicable police chief and police force.

[@LBdreamin]

LEO (Lie Every Opportunity)

[@NoManClatuer-pd8ck]

Yet police in America now days monitor or use warrantless searches to examine your social media posts, Google and iphone apps and many other electronic communications and you, Et. Al., are silent.

[@entertainmentextremenetwor652]

Put this police chief in prison for breaking the law now

[@rrussell9731]

Long overdue. If it was anyone else, they would have been in jail a long time ago.

[@BCNeil]

To be fair regular people rarely raid newspapers. Only cops.

[@kathybrown3845]

I'm so happy to hear this situation is being addressed. I previously saw the elderly woman complaining about the raid of the newspaper and her home. Thank you to whomever took notice and followed through. Every citizen should be able to address unfair treatment by any person of the Authority. Caused her death at 98 years. The police did harass her. Stress related heart attack is what killed the poor old lady. Her son should sue.

[@vivianewing7154]

That chief should have been brought up on homicide charges after all if an officer dies on duty while detaining, arresting, or capturing a civilian, the civilian would be brought up on homicide charges. What goes around comes around!! A law for thee and not for me is the police motto!

[@glennsoucy9767]

What? She was an elderly woman in horrible health. You might want to look up the definition of homicide

[@dustoff499]

@@glennsoucy9767 Homicide takes on MANY forms.The circumstances of the raid though unintentional (in fact) contributed to the death of that elderly woman. I'm confident the definition of "homicide" fits.

[@mick8888V]

@@vivianewing7154 TBF-ITS Correlation not Causation and I'm no fan of bad cops either.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

What about the judge who signed the warrant? What about the rest of the peace officers who participated in the raid?

[@JK_Chapman]

💯

[@niyablake]

They lied to the judge, How is it on the judge to know they lied ?

[@RobertEmery]

​@@niyablake how is it NOT? That's the whole point of going to a judge for a warrant and not just letting cops do whatever the hell they want!

[@snapmalloy5556]

​​@@RobertEmery What's the judge supposed to do if the investigation is flawed and police lie about the info given the judge? The prosecutors even said the judge was not at fault but signed the warrant based on a bad investigation. You people that just want to start hanging people are even more frightening and tyrannical than the PD chief

[@niyablake]

@@RobertEmery So the judge is suppose to investigate that the cops lies ? The warrant was based Identity theft. they lied and said KBI prepared it and that KBI was involved. unfortunately that's a break down in the system but unless some thing is obvious they have to take the cops at thier word.. SO please explain how the judge is suppose to investigate if the cops lied. DO they have their own investigators ?

[@518travelers]

Let this be a warning to small town pd's u cant trample on civil rights though u do try. But u will be held accountable just like normal citizens that get in trouble.

[@stevenmark8156]

Except for they basically got away scot free! They should be in prison for this abuse of authority!

[@HighHolyOne]

What about the perjury, the false sworn statement that must have been written to get the judge to sign the Warrant?

[@dustoff499]

I have a feeling the Judge was in on it too.

[@niyablake]

@@dustoff499 How , explain how the judge knew .

[@bradburns491]

​@@niyablakeit's a small town the judge , police and most of the council usually are all best friends. The newspaper was their enemy.

[@niyablake]

@@bradburns491 SO you are saying the judge knew they lied ? Few things She is in the 8th Judaical district . That covers 4 county. She was not the original judge the asked. She was told kansas bureau of investigation prepared the warrant

[@notbornagainbornright5046]

THANK YOU FOR TGE UPDATE ON THIS STORY! WE WERE WONDERING WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE

[@petgranny194]

... or injustice ...

[@KushiteComplex]

"FBI has investigated Kansas City, Kansas, Police for decades, but prosecution of bad cops is rare." ~KCUR, Nov. 9, 2021.

[@Yourpizzanow]

Elder abuse. Lack of remorse and tact. Group think can be fatal.

[@MrTM-fg6zn]

Collective behavior

[@kcrows4842]

Go to jail! Go to jail!

[@SamLopezI]

The usual suspects!

[@miguelortiz6404]

They all should be charge too. Because the chief was not alone on this raid.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

Even the county and state police are looking bad

[@scotthazelton519]

Clearly shows Lack of accountability and a double standard when prosecution of law enforcement

[@Americanpatriot298]

Finally, they got him. His behavior cause that old lady to pass away. The Ex chief should go to jail.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

He's been corrupt and abusive for a long time, after all, why did he leave his old high paying position for being a lowly, and low paying, po dunk "chief" .

[@niveknook]

Police immunity goes way too far. They should have handled it better(When going through an 90 year olds house) should have had counseling help or a friend of hers to pull her away!!!!

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

Police hold sway in many of these situations. Thats why it took a year

[@kristinl.3463]

I remember exactly when this happened and have been waiting to see if justice would be served.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

1% of justice. For all the damage that corrupt judge, corrupt state troopers, corrupt county deputies and corrupt city officers have done. Just think of the corrosion of trust with each lie told under oath by each of them...

[@ianbattles7290]

Title 18, Section 242 - Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law

[@larrybuzan7687]

This police department is going to sued out of existence

[@ERAforALL]

Their taxpayers will pay the price.

[@rt3box6tx74]

I live in the same size town in the middle of the TX Panhandle. We have zero city cops, not even a night watchman. Through the yrs we've hired a couple of night watchmen but for some strange reason burglary and theft increased until after they left.

[@ICU-mw7su]

​@@ERAforALLNot more than the elderly woman did!

[@larrybuzan7687]

The city can take the money out of police departments budget

[@ERAforALL]

@@ICU-mw7su I agree.

[@lutomson3496]

and yet taxpayers will pick up the tab because this idiots conduct...instead of him being personally liable for his conduct

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

We need to abolish indemnification

[@johnathannelson6195]

They should be sued for killing that poor woman.

[@tiahenry4743]

I think the son is working on that.

[@snapmalloy5556]

They are being sued

[@ronwade2206]

They recklessly violated her 1st and 4th amendment rights!

[@Rico-t8u]

This whole raid was reckless…. Every cop involved should’ve been prosecuted…. This is why we had the second amendment, to keep these losers in line

[@ChristyDStarling]

The update we needed!

[@johndsmith-gv8zh]

WTF!!! holds people hostage and a person dies🤬🤬

[@98f5]

And likely gets probation. They need to charge them with ALOT more

[@leodawn5913]

I remember this story they went to someone’s personal home against their constitutional rights and the next morning, the poor old woman died from the anger and stress of being violated by these crooked cops!!!

[@Ed_Stuckey]

It took a year because those investigating were involved.

Not necessarily. The judicial system moves slowly. Justice delayed = justice denied, but there are rarely speedy, efficient judicial processes whenever humans must do things.

[@liquidfiretibby]

he needs to be charge/sued for wrongful death. that poor woman!

[@JeffJolly-ef8os]

No white collar crime club fed for that guy. Hard time in a state penitentiary. An old woman died because of him.

[@lisagulick4144]

Cops do not fare well when they end up in gen-pop. Just deserts.

[@GoToPhx]

It took a year because the government hopes the public will forget about the scandal, and the perpetrators can then avoid justice. Thank you for the follow up.

[@DoctorDification]

all of those cops and the investigators should be in jail

[@ianbattles7290]

He's not even being charged for the illegal raid itself; he's only being charged for covering up texts after the fact!!!

[@snapmalloy5556]

That's my biggest problem with all this. You nailed it. The prosecutors are saying the warrant was signed as a result of a flawed investigation. Flawed or corrupt?

[@HairHoFla]

Kris Kobach should be investigated

[@chuckxu5910]

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[@HairHoFla]

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[@transformationtimenow3321]

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[@markieffmorris9263]

@@chuckxu5910The reason your parents didn’t send you to college is that they knew you weren’t worth investing in.

[@chuckxu5910]

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[@hereitis.2587]

Yes, bullying an old woman is reckless! Also, men hitting women is wrong! Terrible behavior! One light town police acting like THUGS!

[@katsybo]

So basically they totally get away with it, again. Weak story!!!

[@mariposamuniz]

Not shocking at all

[@nolongerblocked6210]

_Finally!!_ I've been waiting to hear about this case since the cops illegally raided the newspaper. So glad that's an ex-cop & he's being changed for his corruption

[@newcooldiscoveries5711]

When the state prosecutor acts crooked, the feds often step in. Hope that happens in this case.

[@petgranny194]

Thank you for asking about Mrs. Myers. Proximate cause for a civil suit I hope but for law enforcements' actions, would Mrs. Myers have died at that time?

[@rachaelpate6778]

I lived in Kansas most of my life & small town police there (most) are dangerous! You get pulled over in them & you may go to jail whether it’s warranted or not.

[@LF-du4uc]

A crooked cop? Noo waaaay!

[@KushiteComplex]

"Kansas police who lose their law enforcement license for misconduct can still work in jails." ~Kansas Public Radio, Jul. 31, 2023.

[@LittleLouieLagazza]

Good! Those police and the judge who signed the warrant are out of control

[@kimt1054]

He should be charged with more than obstruction. The judge should also be investigated.

[@bizygirl1]

🙌🏼Yes!🙌🏼 Lock him up!!!

[@Rags2Itches]

I remember this incident. Thankyou for giving us the update which rarely happens. Some justice but not enough.

[@offbrandsoup2579]

They killed that woman. They need to be locked up for a long time

[@JP-gw9ts]

Justice must be dished!

[@paladro]

this story needs way more attention

[@kerryedavis]

He should be charged for the raid itself, not just the coverup.

[@rosewhittingham899]

Fire him. Diriliction of duty.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

And felony perjury, felony falsification, felony tampering

[@KushiteComplex]

"We obtained data on 287 Police and 104 Sheriff’s Depts in the state of Kansas." ~Police Scorecard Org: (40%), 2024

[@VILJL]

A year after he led a fateful raid on the office of the Marion County, Kansas, Record newspaper and its publisher’s home, former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody was finally charged with a crime. A government’s attacking the free press cannot be tolerated, so it’s encouraging that in a time when journalists are routinely maligned and threatened, the special prosecutors assigned to the case charged Cody with wrongdoing, specifically interference with the judicial process. It’s a low-level felony, but Cody’s not being charged with anything would have dishonored the memory of the 98-year-old co-owner of the Record, Joan Meyer, who yelled “Get out of my house!” to police raiding her home. She died the next day from what her family says was the stress of the encounter. Though prosecutors didn’t pin Meyer’s death on the police and their raid, the newspaper’s publisher, Eric Meyer, is seeking $5 million on a lawsuit that links Cody’s actions to his mother’s death. (15 August 2024)

[@boostedgbody]

They should have been able to sue them for a 1984 violation

[@davidbarnacastlejr8902]

Sounds pretty reckless to me. Overwhelming abuse of power. so surprised.

[@marklandwehr7604]

Trampling on your rights only gets you a slap on the wrist

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

And apparently perjury, falsification of records, tampering, etc etc do, too. We need to abolish qualified immunity and indemnification

[@oddlybtw]

raiding a local paper is insane

[@stephenmcguire7801]

In the wake of WW I, just over a century ago, there were the "Palmer Raids" which did a lot of raiding to shut down "leftist" news outlets all over the country. A little home-grown version of that in Kansas.😏

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

Yet it seems corrupt cops attacking reporters is common, from Rotherham in the UK to (twin falls?) Idaho.

[@mart2020ful]

He should be charged for causing the death of the owner. Causing her to have a heart attack and death.

[@kingrichard181]

Police investigating police. What a crock of Cops.

[@jeanalexis4100]

He should pay for his criminal actions

[@Jason-wl9cr]

He should be in prison for his crimes already

[@rogerbrimner6836]

He’ll just retire and do it again somewhere else.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

That's how he ended up in Marion

[@williamwever4489]

If you live in a city with a police force that understands protect and serve let them know they are appreciated.

[@roberthepburn-gr4fq]

They killed that poor old woman in the quest to intimidate the press and the people who owned the paper The paper should sue the town into bankruptcy

[@susanthomas5445]

Is there any justice left in this country?

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

Given that the police know the epstein client list, and those clients aren't being arrested....

[@ianbattles7290]

Why are cops so eager to cause city-bankrupting lawsuits???

[@papatutti59]

It’s too easy to spend someone else’s money.

[@wingatebarraclough3553]

..what he said..

[@SamiKotiranta]

Police, serving and protecting their own butts.

[@KushiteComplex]

"Ex-Kansas Police Chief To Face Criminal Charge After 2023 Newspaper Raid." ~Tampa Free Press, Aug. 2024.

[@jamesmoore9511]

Don't forget about the death of the editors aged mother from extreme stress from an illegal raid on her house and theft of personal property.

[@heatherbaker8596]

The police did act in a reckless manner when they asked a witness to hide evidence, so they should be held accountable for the owners death,

[@GayleThornberry]

It's about time I hope they are accountable for what they did to that poor woman in her house

[@KellyBergerDeusVult]

He was supposed to be on the side of Justice. I remember when it first happened, it seemed just as outrageous then. Immediately all of the facts were published, this should have been a no-brainer slam dunk

[@Bellab8759]

So glad to hear this person was charged.

[@RullXov]

Got some worthless [prosecutors] in this crime case. They think that violating citizen's constitutional rights is no big deal.

[@PlayingWithFireOutdoors]

Has his certification been pulled? What about everyone else?

[@rubengarcia5408]

He needs to be charged with manslaughter for the cause of the mother’s death!!

[@francisseidel8014]

The special prosecutor was fairly useless in the case. This needs to move to a federal criminal investigation. Sounds like the whole legal establishment is covering things up.

[@BigBadJohn]

This poor Woman died from the stress of having these storm troopers go through her house like this. These cases keep coming up like this over and over but they still expect you to believe that there's no built in bias when you get a ticket and go to a crooked court to try and plead your case.

[@TarahuaAtzlan]

This is what all cops are doing everywhere it's called " GANGSTALKING "

[@BabsKaz]

Goon squad.

[@amickmcdaniel9837]

What a shame he had to lose his mother over this

[@Canaris_Kiss]

He killed that old lady.

[@dianapodrovitz3067]

The elderly lady got no justice. They decided that the raid itself was not illegal even though it was based on criminal intent, a lie, and the perpetrators are not liable for anything except the one chief and that is a low level felony on which he'll probably get probation. How in Hell is that justice?

[@LoCoLorHay]

He is getting off EASY considering the fact that his ILLEGAL raid was so traumatizing for that elderly lady, having cops swarm her home and take her stuff, it killed her.

[@toomuch3864]

It would be viewed very reckless if it was your mom. Now wouldn’t it???

[@bjdefilippo447]

Should charge him with manslaughter, as the raid on her house led to that lady's death.

[@anthonya7648]

Hope he gets jail time, like 20+yrs as well as the judge who authorized the warrant!

[@Freese1]

Should be charged with manslaughter too..

[@Tex_actual]

What about his deputies? They seemed to be in the knew

[@MB-xe8bb]

So it is OK to trample on constitutional rights, with no consequences? On the contrary, constitutional violations should have MORE SEVERE consequences.

[@lemonte9807]

"qualified immunity" is enabling public servants to be corrupt.

[@felixcat9318]

Americans need to use their Second Ammendment protection in defence against criminal violence committed by corrupt police.