I Didnt Know a Public Defender can Be Arrested for Defending her Client?

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S.F. won’t press charges against deputy public defender

San Francisco police will not pursue charges against the deputy public defender who was arrested at the Hall of Justice when she objected to city police officers questioning a client outside a courtroom, Police Chief Greg Suhr said Wednesday.

The announcement came after the American Civil Liberties Union called for a review of department policy at a police commission meeting, saying the incident, which was filmed and viewed millions of times, raised serious questions about departmental tactics, especially in terms of racial profiling.

Attorney Jami Tillotson was handcuffed and held in a detention cell for an hour Jan. 27 after she denied police officers’ attempts to take photos of her client and his co-defendant, both young African American men.

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