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Ex-Kansas police chief who led raid on small-town newspaper charged with obstruction of justice

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69% Informative

Gideon Cody is charged with felony obstruction of justice.

He is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information.

Cody justified the raid by saying he had evidence the newspaper committed identity theft or other computer crimes.

Police body-camera footage of the August 2023 raid on the publisher’s home shows his 98-year-old mother.

VR Score

71

Informative language

70

Neutral language

81

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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