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So much for that pesky 1st amendment. Cops raid newspaper they disagree with.
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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 4094260" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p><h2> Paper considers its next steps</h2><p></p><p> Meyer says he is now working to get legal representation.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> “What I want is, I don’t want anybody else to have this happen to them,” Meyer said. “We’re going to pursue this to the full extent that we’re allowed to by law and hopefully, that may result in some changes in personnel have been involved in this.”</p><p></p><p> </p><p> Meyer is also thankful for the outpouring of support and assistance offers. He said he’s receiving a number of phone calls from other news organizations, even competitors, willing to help and donate computers and equipment to get their next weekly newspaper published by Tuesday night for distribution on Wednesday.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> “We weren’t going to let a 154-year-old tradition of publishing every week go down just because some cops decided to come in and do something to us,” said Meyer, who has been a co-owner of the Marion County Record since 1998. Meyer is also a former journalism professor at the University of Illinois, according to his online biography.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> The Freedom of the Press Foundation released a statement in response to Friday’s incident, saying the raid appears to have violated federal law and is “the latest example of American law enforcement officers treating the press in a manner <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/world/women-journalists-press-freedom-online-violence-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html" target="_blank">previously associated with authoritarian regimes</a>.”</p><p></p><p> </p><p> “Based on the reporting so far, the police raid of the Marion County Record on Friday appears to have violated federal law, the First Amendment, and basic human decency. Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves,” said Seth Stern, director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 4094260, member: 15054"] [HEADING=1] Paper considers its next steps[/HEADING] Meyer says he is now working to get legal representation. “What I want is, I don’t want anybody else to have this happen to them,” Meyer said. “We’re going to pursue this to the full extent that we’re allowed to by law and hopefully, that may result in some changes in personnel have been involved in this.” Meyer is also thankful for the outpouring of support and assistance offers. He said he’s receiving a number of phone calls from other news organizations, even competitors, willing to help and donate computers and equipment to get their next weekly newspaper published by Tuesday night for distribution on Wednesday. “We weren’t going to let a 154-year-old tradition of publishing every week go down just because some cops decided to come in and do something to us,” said Meyer, who has been a co-owner of the Marion County Record since 1998. Meyer is also a former journalism professor at the University of Illinois, according to his online biography. The Freedom of the Press Foundation released a statement in response to Friday’s incident, saying the raid appears to have violated federal law and is “the latest example of American law enforcement officers treating the press in a manner [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/03/world/women-journalists-press-freedom-online-violence-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html']previously associated with authoritarian regimes[/URL].” “Based on the reporting so far, the police raid of the Marion County Record on Friday appears to have violated federal law, the First Amendment, and basic human decency. Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves,” said Seth Stern, director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation. [/QUOTE]
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