In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
I don't think law enforcement is going to like the outcome of this...
They probably didn't know it was illegal to be honest. This was a judge magistrate which is a very low level judge . Not excusing it, just, as the saying goes: never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's razor has been weaponized too many times ... Always assume it's malice when dealing with a corporation, enforcement, principality, government, etc. Maybe it's still applicable to Grandma or the school bus driver .... Maybe.