The small-town Kansas newspaper raided by police officers on Friday had been looking into allegations of misconduct against the local chief just months ago, according to the paper’s publisher, raising further concerns about the law enforcement officers’ motives.
Yeah, update on this: the court has “found” the probable cause affidavit. The only problem is that it seems to be mostly identical to the search warrant. Instead of what a normal sworn affidavit looks like, which is a chronological summary of the facts that establish probable cause.