police raid

A request for texts related to the raid may set up a “major test” for the Kansas Open Records Act.

RCFP and more than 35 news outlets are urging the Marion police chief to return any seized equipment and records.

“[T]he specter of government misconduct looms over the entire Carmody matter,” the judge wrote.

The Reporters Committee obtained the police memo through a public records request.

RCFP has pursued records related to the FBI’s presence at the raid that sparked outrage among press freedom advocates.