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Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the Press
@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Writing op-eds is not a crime.

Someone should tell police in Lenexa, Kansas, and suggest they read the First Amendment.

Officers there criminally investigated a local man, including tracking his car, after he wrote an op-ed critical of the department.

https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-02-02/lenexa-police-investigated-column-writer-critical-failure-warn-ice-raid-councilwoman-investigation

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'

A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
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Robin Barton
Robin Barton
@Robo105@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@freedomofpress Well abuse of power is a classic fascist move

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Don Ray
Don Ray
@donray@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@freedomofpress

Good ol’ Kansas. First it was the raid on the newspaper in Marion and now this.

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