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The attorney hired by the city of Marion following the raids on a Kansas newsroom has blocked access to records that should be publicly available under state law.

The KSHB 41 News I-Team requested former police chief Gideon Cody's text messages, among other public officials in Marion.

In an email on Oct. 31, Jennifer Hill, an attorney hired by the city following the raids denied the request by writing: "The City has no custody over personal cell phones and KORA provides no enforcement mechanism to obtain text messages from personal cell phones. As such, obtaining text messages from the personal property of the listed individuals would place an unreasonable burden on the City and, to the extent any such records even exist, the City is under no obligation to produce such records."

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Go look at the police subs at that other place - they don't wonder. They don't give two shits.

They have decided anyone who doesn't like cops is at least one of these:

  • A child or young adult with no life experience nor critical thinking skills
  • Someone who doesn't like having rules enforced
  • A criminal

Their thinking goes no deeper.

this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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