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Journalist Threatens Legal Action Over Police Raid of His San Francisco Home

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Sonja Hutson
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San Francisco police station on February 27, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Alex Emslie/KQED)

A freelance journalist whose home and office were raided by San Francisco police is threatening legal action against the department if his belongings are not returned. We now know judges who signed the warrants were aware of his job, according to a San Francisco Supervisor. Police were investigating what they call an illegally leaked police report connected to the death of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi.

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