The organization Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression or FIRE names a Kansas police department to their Top 10 Censors of 2023 list.
FIRE's annual list highlights the worst offenders in censorship across the nation including off-campus offenders for the first time. On this year's list is the city of Marion, KS, Police Department for their role in the August raid on the Marion County Record.
According to their website, FIRE is an organization dedicated to defending and promoting free speech for all Americans in courtrooms, on campus, and in the culture.
