Video Courtesy of Eric Meyer
Security footage of a Kansas law enforcement raid on a local newspaper’s office shows officers laughing and making jokes as they snapped photos of private passwords and removed computer hard drives.
In two clips, Marion County Police officers are seen walking around the empty Marion County Record while at least two employees were forced to wait outside during the 90-minute search—which has sparked outrage and is cloaked in mystery.
One officer is seen removing a computer hard drive from a desk, while another walks away with a different drive. The footage is from one of three raids executed against the local newspaper, its publisher and co-owner Eric Meyer, and one of his reporters. Meyer previously told The Daily Beast that the operation traumatized his 98-year-old mother, who died on Saturday afternoon after collapsing at her home.