Ruth Herbel

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From the number one smash hit podcast. It was only a matter of time until Amanda's whole world came tumbling down. You're not going to believe this. Scamanda.

This doesn't put a very good light on the police department.

This doesn't put a very good light on the police department.

And I was the editor of the Stanford Daily in 1971 when the Palo Alto police searched our offices.

And I was the editor of the Stanford Daily in 1971 when the Palo Alto police searched our offices.

Those protests coalesced into a major demonstration that took over an adjunct building at the medical school.

Those protests coalesced into a major demonstration that took over an adjunct building at the medical school.

And the protesters burst out, swinging clubs, beat the officers, and escaped out the other side.

And the protesters burst out, swinging clubs, beat the officers, and escaped out the other side.

They'd print any photo that was newsworthy, but they said, We will not store photos so that either prosecutors or defense attorneys could use our material in court.

They'd print any photo that was newsworthy, but they said, We will not store photos so that either prosecutors or defense attorneys could use our material in court.

And I was met at the glass doors by one of the top editors. The first thing he said was, I couldn't do anything. They had a search warrant.

And I was met at the glass doors by one of the top editors. The first thing he said was, I couldn't do anything. They had a search warrant.

When I moved into the office, I could see people in, you know, the uniforms of Palo Alto police officers, although there was at least one plainclothes officer, going through the office, looking at desks and going particularly to our darkroom and looking at all of our photographs and negatives. It was an odd, I would say it was a terrible feeling, but it was just an odd feeling.

When I moved into the office, I could see people in, you know, the uniforms of Palo Alto police officers, although there was at least one plainclothes officer, going through the office, looking at desks and going particularly to our darkroom and looking at all of our photographs and negatives. It was an odd, I would say it was a terrible feeling, but it was just an odd feeling.

It's a feeling of violation. This is our space. This is our material. These are our notes. You're going through drawers. I've never been burglarized, but I imagine the sense of violation is analogous. This is our stuff that we do our work with. What are you doing here? And what gives you the right to do it?

It's a feeling of violation. This is our space. This is our material. These are our notes. You're going through drawers. I've never been burglarized, but I imagine the sense of violation is analogous. This is our stuff that we do our work with. What are you doing here? And what gives you the right to do it?

We were just thinking, the courts are a way to make this kind of behavior illegal. And so we thought that was our obligation, was to make sure it didn't happen again.

We were just thinking, the courts are a way to make this kind of behavior illegal. And so we thought that was our obligation, was to make sure it didn't happen again.