Kansas newspaper raided by police strikes back in first print edition since search

By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER
Associated Press

MARION, Kansas (AP) — Even without the computers, cellphones and other equipment taken in a police raid, the new edition of the Marion County Record made it to newsstands Wednesday after a frenzied scramble by the Kansas weekly newspaper’s small staff. “SEIZED … but not silenced,” read the front-page headline. Police raids last week of the newspaper’s offices and the home of editor and publisher Eric Meyer put the paper and the local police at the center of a national debate about press freedom, with watchdog groups condemning the police actions. The attention continued Wednesday with TV and print reporters joining the conversation.