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Reporter gets $850000 in raid suit
- rdmuser 2mo agoAnother article about it: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/remember-that-raid-on-a-small-town-kansas-newspaper-the-city-has-agreed-to-pay-one-reporter-850000/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/remember-that-raid-on-a-sm... Here is the the old thread from august 13, 2023 back when it first got attention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37105764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37105764
- ggm 2mo agoI read elsewhere the total damages to all parties now exceeds $4m and a senior police staffer faces legal sanctions.
- rdmuser 2mo agoAh thanks you're right! I'd overlooked or forgotten some of what happened last year: https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/marion-county-agrees-to-pay-out-3m-for-newspaper-raid-express-regret/ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/marion-county-agrees-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45910142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45910142
- toomuchtodo 2mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45915211
- rdmuser 2mo agoThanks for compiling this list.