San Francisco police said freelance reporter Bryan Carmody engaged in conspiracy when he sold a leaked police report.
By Alex Horton and Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow Eli Rosenberg Eli Rosenberg General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 22 at 2:49 PM 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. But he declined questions about how those actions eclipsed the typical role of a freelance reporter who sells videos, additional reporting and documents to local outlets, such as Carmody did in this case.
“There is an ongoing, deep misunderstanding of the city government about what reporters do, and why it’s protected under the U.S. Constitution,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit speech advocacy group. Carmody, a freelance “stringer,” was identified by Scott as a reporter, though he declined to answer a question at the conference about whether his profession was listed in the search warrant signed by a judge.
The police department and Gascón’s office did not return a request for comment asking whether investigators submitted the copies of the warrant to the D.A.'s office, which appears to be a requirement under the department’s general orders.
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