They had one goal: to learn who had leaked a police report to him about the death of longtime San Francisco public defender Jeffrey Adachi. The San Francisco raid was a stunning intrusion on press freedom, similar to what we see in autocratic regimes. And they did it with the consent of two San Francisco Superior Court judges, Victor Hwang and Gail Dekreon, who signed the warrant. In fact, Carmody has a press pass issued by the San Francisco Police Department , which is not easy to obtain. San Francisco government leaders like Mayor London Breed regularly condemn the Trump administration for what they say are egregious civil-liberties violations.

Source: CNN May 18, 2019 19:30 UTC