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Using 3 separate search warrants, the San Francisco police department seized phone records in an attempt to find confidential source of independent journalist @bryanccarmody : pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…
@bryanccarmody This revelation followed SFPD’s use of a search warrant to raid Carmody’s home and office on May 10, with police seizing an estimated $20k-$30k worth of equipment : pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…
@bryanccarmody Though California has a shield law in place, which bans search warrants against all materials “obtained or prepared” in the course of a journalist’s reporting, warrants were issued for Carmody's home and the office space for his independent media company, North Bay News.
@bryanccarmody Our partners @FreedomofPress wrote about how raids against journalists like Carmody and Australian journalist @annikasmethurst threaten press freedom by exposing confidential sources and potentially criminalizing normal newsgathering activities: freedom.press/news/outrageou…
@bryanccarmody @FreedomofPress @annikasmethurst If you are a journalist—of know of one—who has received a search warrant for your electronic equipment, reporting notes or correspondence as part of a police investigation, we want to hear about it. DM or email tips@freedom.press 
