Moment cops raided Marion County Record newsroom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Police defended their actions - but the incident has sparked a nationwide debate about the First Amendment.
52% : In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office
51% : 'Speaking in generalities, the federal Privacy Protection Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000aa-2000aa-12, does protect journalists from most searches of newsrooms by federal and state law enforcement officials.'It is true that in most cases, it requires police to use subpoenas, rather than search warrants, to search the premises of journalists unless they themselves are suspects in the offense that is the subject of the search.

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