 due to a police raid of its office where computers and cellphones were confiscated. The newspaper claims that it had been investigating Gideon, 54, after receiving an 'outpouring of calls' claiming he had retired from his last police post to avoid demotion over sexual misconduct allegations. He denies the allegations. The information about the claims were contained on one of the computers seized during the raid on the newspaper's office, newspaper publisher and co-owner Eric Meyer said. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. Brian Karman, Gideon's business partner and colleague of more than two decades, said he knew of no sexual misconduct allegations against Gideon while working for the Kansas City police. Friday's raids have been widely condemned by press freedom watchdogs as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution's protection for a free press. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly called the raids 'concerning.' An attorney for the newspaper deemed the searches and seizures illegal and said the police department's action 'offends the constitutional protections the founding fathers gave the free press.' The Society of Professional Journalists pledged $20,000 toward the newspaper){kind=link}
Amid accusations of sexual misconduct against a police chief, a local newspaper’s office was raided by the police over allegedly obtaining information illegally, prompting press freedom concerns
The police chief who defended the decision to raid a small-town newspaper was being investigated by its reporters over claims of alleged sexual misconduct, reports suggest.
The Marion Police Department are investigating the Marion County Record over allegations that it illegally obtained personal information. The police department, headed up by chief Gideon Cody, raided the publisher over allegations they illegally obtained person information about a local business owner.
The newspaper in Kansas struggled to publish its next edition on Monday (14 August) due to a police raid of its office where computers and cellphones were confiscated.
The newspaper claims that it had been investigating Gideon, 54, after receiving an “outpouring of calls” claiming he had retired from his last police post to avoid demotion over sexual misconduct allegations. He denies the allegations.