Gideon Cody, the small-town Kansas police chief who spearheaded a raid on the Marion County Record, resigned Monday, Marion Mayor David Mayfield said. Mayfield hired Cody in the spring and suspended him last week without explanation. At Monday’s Marion City Council meeting, Mayfield announced Cody handed in his resignation before the meeting, “effective immediately.” Mayfield declined to talk to reporters after the meeting and offered no explanation for Cody’s departure.
Now that fucking Gestapo should be Federally criminally charged with violation of that Newspapers, and it’s employees rights under the First Amendment
Instead, watch to see which neighbouring town he gets a new police chief job in. Sigh.
I read a different article about this a few days back. The “identity theft” reasoning was due to simple Google searches conducted by the newspaper. This asshat really overstepped his authority (he had to have done it before). I’d love to see concrete repercussions, yet I won’t hold my breath.