… Every bit of this reeks of corruption — the sort of small-town corruption where the perpetrators feel the locals are far too few, or far too weak, to fight back. And it gets worse. Sherman Smith and the Kansas Reflector have been digging into whatever they’ve actually been able to obtain with public records requests. And those documents show everyone was in on it… including the supposed neutral party now performing its own investigation of the raids: the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody enlisted the support of local and state law enforcement officials in the days before he led raids on the local newspaper office, the publisher’s home and the home of a city councilwoman.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Department of Revenue, Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of the State Fire Marshal — along with the county attorney and a magistrate judge — were complicit in the Aug. 11 raid or knew it was imminent. But in the days that followed, they largely downplayed their involvement. …

  • Goku
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    -41 year ago

    Wow, no, this was never the idea. Government was designed to be respected and voted on, not overthrown with weapons.

    • @grue
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      111 year ago

      You realize the Second Amendment was written by folks who had literally just finished overthrowing their government with weapons, right?

      • Goku
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        01 year ago

        Yeah because it wasn’t a democracy.

        • @grue
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          1 year ago

          Exactly! That’s why the 2nd is one of the most important checks against the US ceasing to be a democracy.

      • ElleChaise
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        -11 year ago

        … And therefore they were hoping the same would soon happen to themselves? Logical.

        • @grue
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          51 year ago

          They were hoping the possibility would keep them honest.

    • @AlijahTheMediocre
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      11 year ago

      The whole point of a government is to function, not to be burned down at the slightest disagreement