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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, freelance journalist Bryan Carmody attends a panel event held by the Society of Professional Journalists in San Francisco. San Francisco police have agreed to uphold press protections as part of a settlement with a freelance journalist whose home and office were raided by police a year ago in a bid to root out a confidential source. (AP Photo/Juliet Williams, File)

Police to acknowledge press protections after disputed raid

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San Francisco will pay $369,000 to raided reporter

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FILE - In this August 13, 2019, file photo, freelance journalist Bryan Carmody attends a panel event held by the Society of Professional Journalists in San Francisco. San Francisco is set to pay $369,000 to Carmody, 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. (AP Photo/Juliet Williams, File)

San Francisco to pay $369K to journalist for police raids

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In this August 13, 2019 photo, freelance journalist Bryan Carmody is seen at a panel event held by the Society of Professional Journalists in San Francisco. A nonprofit is suing San Francisco Mayor London Breed and city police after failing to get access to records about a controversial police raid on Carmody. The First Amendment Coalition is seeking to know who within the police department authorized officers to search the home, office and phones of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody. Its lawsuit filed Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, also seeks to understand the role elected leaders played in a raid that alarmed journalism advocates. (AP Photo/Juliet Williams)

Group seeks more details about raid on California reporter

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2019, file image, taken from video provided by Bryan Carmody, San Francisco police armed with sledgehammers execute a search warrant at journalist Bryan Carmody's home in San Francisco. Documents released Tuesday, July 23, 2019, reveal that in seeking court approval to search a man's cellphone records to uncover who leaked a confidential police report to him, investigators at the San Francisco Police Department didn't tell a judge the man is a freelance journalist. (Bryan Carmody/@bryanccarmody via AP, File)

San Francisco PD omitted that raid target was a journalist

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott answers questions during a news conference, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in San Francisco. Police agreed Tuesday to return property seized from a San Francisco journalist in a raid, but the decision did little to ease tensions in the case, which has alarmed journalism advocates and put pressure on city leaders. Authorities have said the May 10 raids on freelancer Bryan Carmody's home and office were part of an investigation into what police called the illegal leak of a report on the death of former Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who died unexpectedly in February. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

San Francisco police chief ‘sorry’ for raid on journalist

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San Francisco Police Chief William Scott answers questions during a news conference, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in San Francisco. Police agreed Tuesday to return property seized from a San Francisco journalist in a raid, but the decision did little to ease tensions in the case, which has alarmed journalism advocates and put pressure on city leaders. Authorities have said the May 10 raids on freelancer Bryan Carmody's home and office were part of an investigation into what police called the illegal leak of a report on the death of former Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who died unexpectedly in February. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Legal experts: California reporter did not commit crime

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Thomas Burke, attorney for freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, answers questions after a court hearing Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in San Francisco. A San Francisco police attorney said that Carmody, whose office and work equipment was seized in a police raid, can collect his property although the legal issues surrounding the case were not resolved Tuesday. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Samuel Feng set dates to hear separate motions to quash search warrants used to raid the home of Carmody and to unseal those warrants. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: Police chief says he respects press freedom

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In this May 10, 2019, image from video provided by Bryan Carmody San Francisco police armed with sledgehammers execute a search warrant at journalist Bryan Carmody's home in San Francisco. The San Francisco reporter is seeking the return of property after police raided his home, as officials sought to determine the source of a leaked police report into the death of the city's public defender. An attorney for Carmody will make the request Tuesday, May 21 in San Francisco County Superior Court. (Bryan Carmody/@bryancarmody via AP)

San Francisco police chief: Journalist ‘crossed the line’

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

California reporter vows to protect source after police raid

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