In his first public comments since police raided the home and office of a freelance journalist, Police Chief Bill Scott on Wednesday defended the actions police took to obtain the search warrants against the videographer. Scott told the Police Commission that officers followed the “appropriate legal process” before bringing a sledgehammer to the home of freelancer Bryan Carmody on Friday morning in search of information on who leaked a police report to the press on the death of the late Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Police obtained the search warrants from two judges last week after members of the Board of Supervisors pressured the Police Department to hold the source of the leak...
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