Kansas Police Chief Who Led Raid on Small Kansas Newspaper Owner’s Home and Caused Her Death Has Been Suspended
Security camera footage showed a 98-year-old woman who had her house raided by Kansas police officers. (@jeffcharlesjr / Twitter screen shot)
The Kansas Police Chief who led a raid on a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended from his post. Dave Mayfield, the mayor of Marion, suspended Chief Gideon Cody on Thursday. He did not go into detail or discuss whether or not he is being paid.
The searches occurred on August 11th, and has brought Marion into the spotlight regarding freedom of the press and First Amendment rights.
The 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.
