You want to see another way democracy dies? This is it, folks, and don’t let the small scale fool you. Sending cops to raid a newspaper, and the approval of such by higher powers, is absurd and illegal but they did it anyway. #kansas #democracy #uspol #police #news
Kansas Reflector · Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones • Kansas ReflectorIn an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
(it/its) @RosethornRangerTTV@catcatnya.com@EEDeGroot I'm fine with democracy dying, entire point was giving people a justification for oppression
@RosethornRangerTTV I’d feel better if it was dying only to be replaced by something less oppressive, but that’s not what’s happening in this situation.