Opinion

Prosecutors’ report on Marion newspaper raid excuses abuse of power, leaves questions dangling

By Clay WirestonIf you read special prosecutors’ report about last year’s raid on the Marion County Record newspaper, the abuse of power by law enforcement sounds like an immaculate deception.Officials who carted off computers and cellphones from the Record on a flimsy pretext didn’t do so out of ill will, according to Marc Bennett and Barry Wilkerson.

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