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Documentary Explores Controversial Police Raid on Small Town Newspaper

Updated 2026-06-22 01:35 UTC 1 source Negative

A documentary at the Bentonville Film Festival examines a 2023 police raid on the Marion County Record in Kansas. The incident led to significant legal and community repercussions.

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‘Seized’ Seizes Attention At Bentonville Film Festival – Sharon Liese Documentary On Fatally Flawed Raid On Small Town Kansas Newspaper

A 98-year-old woman dead, a small town’s reputation in tatters, and 1st and 4th Amendment protections put to the test. That’s the outcome of a disastrous police raid on the Marion County Record in August 2023. The story of the raid on the newspaper in Marion, Kansas and the national uproar it trigge

2026-06-22 01:18 UTC