San Francisco will pay $369,000 to raided reporter

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 7:52 am CDT, Wednesday, April 1, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will pay $369,000 to a freelance journalist who whose home and office were raided by police trying to find the confidential source of a leaked report into the death of the city's former public defender.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the payout to Bryan Carmody, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

“This was a shame to the city and county of San Francisco, and I am delighted that we are settling this case,” Supervisor Aaron Peskin said. “And I hope that we never in this town, ever again, suppress the rights of the free press.”

Carmody filed a claim against the city and county of San Francisco last August after the widely condemned May 2019 raids in which Carmody was handcuffed and police seized computers, cameras and phones. Five different San Francisco judges authorized the searches, despite a California shield law that specifically protects journalists from such searches.




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[Rainbow Droid]

1. So the taxpayers again foot the bill for misbehavior by city employees, who themselves pay no price.

Have I got that right? Because I don't see anything about police or judges losing their jobs, being fined, or facing any consequences whatsoever for this behavior which they knew damn well was illegal when they first engaged in it.

This total lack of consequences is exactly why this behavior is repeated over and over, year after year, decade after fucking decade, in cities across the country.

[the_sly_pig]

3. Taxpayers/consumers foot the bill for everything....

But maybe a privatized police force or justice system would be more accountable and embody perfection. Because corporations have a proven record of trustworthiness.

[Rainbow Droid]

4. Right, because privatized policing was my point, not accountability for civil servants.

Amazing how you figured that out from what I wrote.

[the_sly_pig]

5. Well, I saw the complaining part...

But what I didn’t see was any suggested solutions. So noting your complaint and obvious dissatisfaction, l made a reasonable assumption and provided a solution with which you might agree.

So I get the complaint, and after decades, what’s your solution?

[Rainbow Droid]

6. The same thing we've been doing for decades, naturally: No accountability, rinse and repeat!

[DenverJared]

2. Five judges authorized the search warrant?

What were the judges thinking? Or did the cops hide the fact that he was a reporter?