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I am stunned at how this keeps getting more appalling. The judge signing a search warrant without a probable cause affidavit, the judge issuing a search warran

I am stunned at how this keeps getting more appalling. The judge signing a search warrant without a probable cause affidavit, the judge issuing a search warrant against the press violating federal law, the connections between the court and the hotel that houses Keri Newell's restaurant, the batshit public response Keri Newell posted, the fact she got a liquor license with a DUI, a claim that she had her identity stolen at a city council meeting. The fact the cops raided a paper for a story they didn't publish, even though they would have been fully protected to do so at all. It's not being widely covered by a city council woman's house was also raided. They took her phone and computer as well, leaving her and her sick husband alone with no way to call for help. Cops are scum. Marion is about 2 hours away from where I'm staying now. It might be a good thing I don't have a car. I'm furious. Going to be stopping by the KBI office today, I'm sure that's going to go well. (The KBI is under Kris Kobach and has said in response to this raid that "the press is not above the law".)

ajsnigrutin 3y ago
Yep, government officals and zero personal responsibility. I have no idea why they get exempt from any kind of consequences for their actions, either private (getting sued) or criminal. Person X requested something without having probable cause, person Y signed that, both people have (or should have) the knowledge of what is needed to either sign or get the signature, neither did the required, both should lose their jobs and be liable for damages caused to the people affected. A bartender gets punished more for not checking IDs than those people.
mcphage 3y ago
> The judge signing a search warrant without a probable cause affidavit, the judge issuing a search warrant against the press violating federal law This is why having judges be an elected position seems so crazy: at what point do they learn what they are and are not legally allowed to do?
- predictabl3 3y ago
  Fun fact, she wasn't even elected. My understanding is that she was an appointee to an open seat.
  - mcphage 3y ago
    I think you and I have very different ideas of what makes a fact “fun” ;-)

ajsnigrutin 3y ago

Yep, government officals and zero personal responsibility. I have no idea why they get exempt from any kind of consequences for their actions, either private (getting sued) or criminal. Person X requested something without having probable cause, person Y signed that, both people have (or should have) the knowledge of what is needed to either sign or get the signature, neither did the required, both should lose their jobs and be liable for damages caused to the people affected. A bartender gets punished more for not checking IDs than those people.

mcphage 3y ago

> The judge signing a search warrant without a probable cause affidavit, the judge issuing a search warrant against the press violating federal law This is why having judges be an elected position seems so crazy: at what point do they learn what they are and are not legally allowed to do?

predictabl3 3y ago
Fun fact, she wasn't even elected. My understanding is that she was an appointee to an open seat.
- mcphage 3y ago
  I think you and I have very different ideas of what makes a fact “fun” ;-)