When Police Raid A Newspaper for No Reason

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[shrewprincess]

The scary part is that they absolutely would have gotten away with it if they'd targeted anyone but Eric Meyer. He's not just some small town newspaper editor, he's a retired journalism professor with contacts all over the country. He's a true believer with a vindictive streak. Anyone actually from Marion knows not to mess with him, but Newell and Cody "ain't from around here."

[skylerjohnson]

Cops moving districts to avoid punishment needs to stop!

[brokedude]

If there is a Sex offenders registry, why can't there be a Police registry of misconduct

[TheOneCleanHippy]

I love that Police Chief Gideon Cody and restaurant owner Kari Newell went to such outrageous lengths to protect their image and now the entire country knows their names and their stupidity.

[Poopchute]

39 seconds in “he took a pay cut of $55, 000 to move to a small town in the middle of nowhere”. Me: I’m sure that was voluntary and not a result of misconduct at his previous job. What a hard working man who wanted to return to small town living and salt of the earth people. So wholesome ❤

[rumblepuffgaming]

The stress of those searches on that innocent woman killed her. Too bad the law doesn't protect people when the police are breaking it.

[brettstarks]

How TF does a judge with multiple drunk driving incidents manage to remain on the bench? If I had multiple DUIs, I’d have a hard time getting a job as a McDonald’s manager.

[ManiaMac]

The fact that a police officer in this country can just move to a different county and fully escape legal consequences for misconduct is infuriating.

[Captain_Pudding]

It makes you wonder, how many people in that town's rights were violated for the police to feel so confident in their ability to get away with it, that they'd perform a daytime raid on a newspaper.

[janeweber]

"Not all cops are bastards!!!" No, just enough that an entire police department blatantly violated one of the most high profile articles from the constitution without thinking twice.

[vercoda]

And not one of the law officials stood up and said This Is Illegal. Shameful.

[NarffetWerlz]

"Man, I _really_ don't want anyone learning what a dirt bag I was at my old job. Here, let me start a fiasco that ends with _international coverage, _ thus fixing the problem!"

[greatboniwanker]

"Chief" Cody needs to be prosecuted; 1) cops don't seek out victims, police chiefs don't run cases, 2) his primary motivation in creating this spurious case was a personal vedetta against the reporter/paper, 3) a woman died because of the criminal actions he chose to take.

[rebbyberard]

Maybe it's because I just recently lost my grandmother last month, but the fact that the newspaper owner had to spend her last full day alive dealing with a police raid makes me want to cry

[ravenwillowhart]

This story struck very close to home and I'm glad Devin is covering it. My maternal grandmother was the dispatcher for the sheriff's office in Marion County for years. My mother grew up there. I've been in the town and county many times over my childhood and teen years. Someone else has mentioned it already, but small towns like this can get very insular, sometimes to the point nearly everyone is related to everyone else either by birth or marriage. It can make things, difficult (to put it mildly) to conduct any business, whether in law enforcement or in the private sector, that actually follows the rules. There can be a tendency by some organizations, public or private, to cut corners, and ignore things they don't like from "outside" the community, even if that outside entity is the State or Federal government.

[joeshmoe]

A judge with "several DUI" on their record should lose their job as a judge. It displays a severe lack of 'good judgement' to choose to drive drunk on multiple occasions.

[DoubleTrouble-liwi]

An accidental repitition of the script at 8:55 and 9:29. Just a a heads up! Glad you covered this topic, the way that department acted was absolutely barbaric and they should be held criminally liable for their actions!

[leigha]

As someone who grew up in and still works in a small town- small towns are the worst. It's almost impossible to fix corruption in them normally, and if there is any sort of drama it gets blown out because everyone is bored, petty and there's no anonymity. Like this sounds like it is mostly drama between exes and then two women, and instead the cops made it international news.

And thankfully the cops and the 🥂judge made it such a scandal, this trash town might be forced to change.

[Grazui]

If this officer doesn't end up in jail for this, then there isn't justice in this garbage state

[darkavenger]

The sheriff's defence is insane. "My other corrupt bodies agreed I could violate the first ammendment so it's all good."