Police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

myself248 wrote: post #6

If the article is even half accurate, they must be using a different definition of "identity theft" than the one I understand.

Also, the classic "doing crimes with a computer" (performing a query on the DMV website)

Re: Police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

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Post by megabless123 » Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 1:34 PM UTC

The police cannot be reformed

Re: Police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

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Post by plagiarist » Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

sixothree wrote: post #5

Checks and balances are needed.

I fear this will be another egregious violation of the Constitution ignored under qualified immunity. Prosecuting egregious violations of the Constitution instead of allowing police to do whatever they like would be a good check/balance.

Re: Police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

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Post by neilv » Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

jsnell wrote: post #3

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37102271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37096015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37105764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37120188

At least one of those is currently buried on 3rd page, despite "110 points by uptown 1 hour ago | ... | 19 comments".

It sounds like a tragic and suspicious situation, and what I'm most curious about (since this is HN) is whether the federal government will step in, and figure out what's going on.