Amid national outcry, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott is on his heels after raiding a reporter’s home for refusing to disclose the name of a source. To obtain the report, Scott said, the department believes Carmody was in contact with a police official. About 10 police officers showed up to raid freelance reporter Bryan Carmody's house Friday, he says. “But absent a showing that a journalist broke the law to obtain the information that police are looking for, I can’t imagine a situation in which a search warrant would be appropriate,” he wrote on Twitter. “Why did they get a search warrant instead of doing what I’m confident they would have done had he worked for the local newspaper” — gotten a subpoena.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2019 18:49 UTC