A freelance journalist who obtained a leaked copy of a confidential police report about the death of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi had his home raided by police over the weekend, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
The raid of Bryan Carmody’s home, as well as his office, was part an ongoing probe into the leaked report. The authorities confiscated his cell phones, computers and a copy of the report from a safe in his office.
Carmody said that after receiving a copy of the police report, he sold information contained in it to the press following Adachi’s death on February 22.
He has refused to disclose the source of his information to police and accused the authorities of “intimidation” to “make me break my [journalistic] ethics.”
The police defended their actions by saying a warrant was granted by a judge and put out a statement that the raid was “one step in the process of investigating a potential case of obstruction of justice along with the illegal distribution of a confidential police report,” according to the Examiner.
Supporters of Adachi, who uncovered police misconduct during his career, said the leak was political retribution, although Carmody declined to comment on the motivation.
Public Defender Mano Raju, who took over for Adachi, backed the police and said that “All of our criminal justice and City Hall leaders agree that the release of police reports in this fashion is wrong.”
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