Okay, a nexus issue, that’s something, still not a misrepresentation, it’s a scope and nexus issue.
That’s just splitting hairs.
I know “the police chief(?) may have misrepresented” blah blah blah, isn’t a reason.
Never mind the “may have”; he actually did misrepresent the facts:
The police chief claimed the reporter (Phyllis Zorn) could only obtain the driver’s record by impersonating the “victim” or lying about the reasons the record was being sought.
Zorn said an unidentified source gave her a copy of the driver’s record, which she then verified on a state public records database. This directly contradicts the police chief’s accusations.
The newspaper said it didn’t run the story because they felt their source’s motives were questionable. Then after the raid, they did because it was relevant to the raid.
According to the newspaper’s attorney, Bernie Rhodes:
state law says motor vehicle records are the subject of the open records law, except records related to someone’s physical or mental condition, expunged records and driver’s license photos.
“What Zorn did is perfectly legal under both Kansas and U.S. law.”