Abuse of Power Thread (Cops, Governments, Etc.) - Part 2

Awful. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. :(
 
Give police a power, they are guaranteed to abuse the hell out of it.
 
Teelie said:
Give police a power, they are guaranteed to abuse the hell out of it.
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I think its just people in general. Look at politicians. They are a crazy lot as well. :(
 
Accountability and responsibility are foreign concepts to cops.
 
Truly awful that this stuff happens. :(
 
Lazy detective work and they want to have even more power to abuse?
 
Kansas Reflektor - Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
Eric Meyer, owner and publisher of the newspaper, said police were motivated by a confidential source who leaked sensitive documents to the newspaper, and the message was clear: “Mind your own business or we’re going to step on you.” The city’s entire five-officer police force and two sheriff’s deputies took “everything we have,” Meyer said, and it wasn’t clear how the newspaper staff would take the weekly publication to press Tuesday night. The raid followed news stories about a restaurant owner who kicked reporters out of a meeting last week with U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner, and revelations about the restaurant owner’s lack of a driver’s license and conviction for drunken driving.
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The search warrant, signed by Marion County District Court Magistrate Judge Laura Viar, appears to violate federal law that provides protections against searching and seizing materials from journalists. The law requires law enforcement to subpoena materials instead. Viar didn’t respond to a request to comment for this story or explain why she would authorize a potentially illegal raid.
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A conversation with the newspaper owner raided by cops
Eric Meyer says his paper had been investigating the police chief prior to the raids on his office and home.


Daily Kos - Kansas police chief faces firestorm over newsroom raid

Dozens of news organizations condemn police raid on Kansas newspaper and call for seized materials to be returned | CNN Business
 
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Kyle Griffin: "Breaking: MARION, Kansas (AP) - Kansas prosecutor finds insufficient evidence to support police raid on newspaper and asks that seized items be returned."

She was never sanctioned by the state’s attorney discipline board and won reelection multiple times as a Republican candidate for Morris County attorney.
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Why do people have to behave so badly? :(
 
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