LISTEN | Full interview with Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer: As It Happens 7:01 Kansas newspaper raided by police vindicated after county agrees to pay $3M

Eric Meyer says he and his newspaper colleagues have proven that you can stand up to a bully and win.

Meyer is the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record , a newspaper in rural Kansas that had its offices raided by local police and county sheriff’s officers in 2023, sparking outcry about press freedom .

Now, in a court-approved agreement, Marion County will pay more than $3 million US for its role in the raid, and the sheriff’s office has issued an apology.

“If you're bullied by the bullies, and you give them your lunch money day one, they want your hat the next day, your shoe the day after

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