Marion Mayor Dave Mayfield said he suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday.
A stack of the latest weekly edition of the Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building, awaiting unbundling, sorting and distribution, Aug. 16, 2023, in Marion, Kan. | John Hanna/AP PhotoThe police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday.
The Aug. 11 searches of the Marion County Record’s office and the homes of its publisher and a City Council member have been sharply criticized, putting Marion at the center of a debate over the press protections offered by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “We can’t duck our heads until it goes away, because it’s not going to go away until we do something about it,” Herbel said.
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