“SEIZED … but not silenced,” read the newspaper's front-page headline in 2-inch-tall typeface.
with watchdog groups condemning the police actions. The attention continued Wednesday — with TV and print reporters joining the conversation in what is normally a quiet community of about 1,900 residents.
Bradbury said the journalists and those involved in the business of the newspaper used a couple of old computers that police didn’t confiscate, taking turns to get stories to the printer, to assemble ads and to check email. With electronics scarce, staffers made do with what they had. The raids exposed a divide over local politics and how the Record covers Marion, which sits about 150 miles southwest of Kansas City.
Still, Meyer said police seized a computer tower and cellphone belonging to a reporter who wasn’t part of the effort to check on the business owner’s background.
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