http://sfpublicdefender.org/news/2015/01/video-deputy-public-defender-unjustly-arrested/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhzdxYnwhg

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015 · BY TAMARA APARTON

San Francisco, CA — San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi today released video showing a deputy public defender being unlawfully arrested outside a courtroom as she attempted to protect her client’s right to counsel.

The cell phone footage, taken Tuesday afternoon inside the San Francisco’s Hall of Justice , shows San Francisco Police Inspector Brian Stansbury arresting Deputy Public Defender Jami Tillotson for refusing to let her client, a young African American man, be questioned without the presence of his attorney.

Stansbury, the subject of a 2013 federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a black SFPD officer alleging racial profiling, cites Tillotson for resisting arrest as a uniformed officer places her in handcuffs. Tillotson, an 18-year veteran of the San Francisco Public Defender’s office, remains calm and courteous throughout the video, telling Stansbury and five officers that she is representing her client and is not resisting arrest.

Officers took Tillotson to a holding cell in Southern Station, where she remained handcuffed to a wall for approximately an hour. After Tillotson was led away, Stansbury photographed and questioned her client and another young man who did not have an attorney present. Officers refused to tell the young men or Tillotson the reason for the detention.

“Public defenders have a duty to protect the constitutional rights of their clients,” Tillotson said at a noontime press conference Wednesday. “It was surreal to be led away in handcuffs for doing my job, something I do every day.”

Adachi called Tillotson’s arrest “outrageous” and “disappointing.”

“This is not Guantanamo Bay. People have an absolute right to have their attorneys present during questioning,” he said.

The Public Defender has requested a copy of the police report in the incident and has demanded both an explanation and an apology.

“A uniform does not give you a license to bully innocent people into submission,” Adachi said. “If this happens to a public defender in front of her client, I can only imagine what is happening on our streets.”

Video of the incident can be found at http://bit.ly/18vHKXS or watch it below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhzdxYnwhg

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nope i already told you im arresting you(despite having no legitimate reason), therefor anything but 100% compliance is resisting

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fuck you.

i was hoping you'd answer. i didn't know if that would be considered some technicality or something that would get him off.

no one ever beats a case on a technicality. they beat cases b/c of constitutional or statutory violations committed by police or prosecutors or judges. but it's not b/c some i wasn't dotted or some t crossed.

fuck you.

>they beat cases
>b/c of constitutional or statutory violations committed by
>police or prosecutors or judges.

is this situation not that?

If the police had improperly detained and questioned those men then a judge may have granted a motion to suppress their statements to the officer. If the state has other evidence against them then their cases would proceed but without the statements.

fuck you.

that is in clear violation of the right to have counsel present during questioning? fruit of the poisonous tree and all that

fuck you.

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Arrest you for resisting arrest?? Is this a joke??

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huh

1. The proper charge would be obstructing a peace officer, not resisting arrest.

2. Around here the state would have to prove that the officer was engaged in an authorized act within his lawful authority.

3. And that the attorney's conduct presented a material impediment to the officer's act.

4. It's not clear the officer was authorized to detain the young men without their consent. If he could detain them they could certainly consult with an attorney if they want -especially considering she was right there. But I think the men could've refused to speak or to stop to be photographed. She was merely advising them - that's not obstructing. And her argument with the officer is not obstructing.

5. She certainly never resisted arrest. In fact she said 'Please do' and presented her arms for handcuffing after she was told she was being arrested.

6. This is absurd. Lol

fuck you.

are educated on the law during training.
if wonder if they're actually taught to think out the nuances or if it's just "here's what you can arrest people for"

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fuck you.

at least 2 yr associate degree programs.

fuck you.

It's basically a gang. I think there's a legit reason why in the media you often see cops played as incompetent when compared to feds.

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so they go around and do what they want, and let the legal process sort things out. which means there is no incentive for them to show restraint or to think through complicated legal situations.

Can you clarify whether the cops actions are unlawful, and if so would he likely be subject to any disciplinary proceedings?

That cop needs to be fired IMO but I don't know the law.

fuck you.

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

wtf is going on


does it really matter?

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fuck you.

be arrested. if they aren't too law savy, i can't blame them for not wanting to rock the boat and , in their minds, risk arrest themselves



"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

i would think taking the cue from the white lady and understanding that this is some wrong shit going down would at least give them reason to not just stand there like a goddamn sconce.

they're afraid? petrified?

i don't understand.

>i would think taking the cue from the white lady and
>understanding that this is some wrong shit going down would at
>least give them reason to not just stand there like a goddamn
>sconce.
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>they're afraid? petrified?
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>i don't understand.


"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

hell, they JUST saw the cops take away a WHITE woman in handcuffs..a SMART WHITE woman. that shit alone probably blew their mind....they just tryna get away form the courthouse as quickly as possible with no trouble.

THAT's what kind of COUNTRY shit this is

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

watching AT the news is my gripe.

i know you're smart, but you sure do talk funny.

and decided to go another. and didn't backspace enough. I talk just fine. my typing on the other hand.

but thanks for noticing and pointing that out to me




"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

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why is that okay?

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