San Francisco police berated for raid on free lance reporter
San Francisco police raided a reporter’s home in search of the source of a leaked police report with details on the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi. The police said they had obtained search warrants for the raid, but FAC’s David Snyder said the warrants were illegal in violating California’s shield law. (San Jose Mercury News, May 13. 2019, by Erin Baldassari and Nico Savidge) The freelance journalist, Bryan Carmody, said the police handcuffed him for