San Francisco police chief stands by decision to raid journalist’s home
By: Evan Sernoffysky, San Francisco Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott on Wednesday stood by the decision to raid a journalist’s home last week as part of an investigation into who in his department leaked a report on the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
At the weekly meeting of the city Police Commission, Scott addressed Friday’s search of freelance videographer Bryan Carmody’s home and office, an action that has become a national controversy and drawn rebuke from First Amendment groups.
“We have to do our jobs and make sure reports are not released when they are not supposed to be released,” Scott said. “If there’s criminal activity that’s proven, we want to get to the bottom of that.”
