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San Francisco Police Chief Apologizes For Horrifying Raid On Journalist's Home
San Francisco's chief of police, William Scott, has apologized for a horrifying raid on a journalists' home, calling the incident a "mistake," according to NPR.
Scott, however, did not take full responsibility for the raid on the home of Bryan Carmody, a freelance journalist who received a series of documents pertaining to the death of San Francisco's former public defender, Jeff Adachi, in an unauthorized leak from within the police department.
Scott instead told the San Francisco Chronicle that the documents officers compiled to obtain the warrant did not adequately describe Carmody as a journalist, NPR says, even though a fairly simple internet search would have turned up the fact that Carmody operated as a freelance investigative reporter.
"Scott also said the officers who executed the warrants violated department policy by not first consulting with the district attorney's office," the outlet added.
