The raid followed after police were reportedly “tipped off” that the newspaper was in possession of evidence which revealed that a prominent local restaurant owner, Kari Newell, had been convicted of drunk driving but continued using her car without a license, according to Kansas Reflector.
Eric Meyer, who taught journalism at the University of Illinois for 26 years, called the raid “chilling” and said it’s the first time he has heard of police raiding a newspaper's office throughout the entirety of his career. Meyer also spent 20 years at the Milwaukee Journal.
"It's going to have a chilling effect on us even tackling issues,” Eric Meyer said after the raid, adding that it will impact “people giving us information."
https://thepostmillennial.com/break...es-home-over-leaked-dui-of-prominent-resident
Eric Meyer, who taught journalism at the University of Illinois for 26 years, called the raid “chilling” and said it’s the first time he has heard of police raiding a newspaper's office throughout the entirety of his career. Meyer also spent 20 years at the Milwaukee Journal.
"It's going to have a chilling effect on us even tackling issues,” Eric Meyer said after the raid, adding that it will impact “people giving us information."
https://thepostmillennial.com/break...es-home-over-leaked-dui-of-prominent-resident