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Public Defender Arrested for Doing Her Job [video]
San Francisco, California – Public Defender Jami Tillotson was arrested and handcuffed in the hallway outside of a San Francisco Courtroom simply for objecting to police officers photographing her client. No one resisted arrest, no one fought, no one did anything illegal.
Jami Tillotson, a San Francisco Public Defender was arrested for”resisting arrest”
Public Defender arrested for doing her job
“I was arrested for what we do as public defenders every day… I asked questions. I talked to my client and explained to him his rights. At that point, I was told I was interfering and taken into custody…It was very clear to me that I hadn’t been doing anything illegal…I was challenging him, telling him that you know that I know that I did not violate the law. He moved it forward.” Jami Tillotson
Tillotson and her client were confronted outside the courtroom by 5 police officers, led by a plain-clothes officer named Sgt Brian Stansbury.
“I just want to take some pictures, OK, and he’ll be free to go.” Sgt Stansbury.
When Tillotson declined his request, Stansbury said, “If you continue to do this, I will arrest you for resisting arrest.”
The attorney replied, “Please do.” Hence, she was led away in handcuffs.
“This is not Guantanamo Bay”
The Public Defender’s office issued a statement about the incident:
“This is not Guantanamo Bay. You have an absolute right to have a lawyer with you when you’re questioned. Ms. Tillotson was simply doing her job.” Public Defender Jeff Adachi
Ms. Tillotson was handcuffed to the wall for about an hour while the Public Defender called the Police Chief.
The Supreme Court has ruled that clients have the right to counsel when they have been accused of a crime. In this case, the the photos were for an unrelated, unsolved burglary case, and he was not in a “custodial” situation. The client had not been accused of that crime at the time of the incident. Taking photos for a police lineup is not illegal.
A “custodial interrogation” requires the Miranda rights be given and allows the suspect to obtain an attorney. Instead, it was a nebulous area in a courtroom hallway that could be construed as a casual contact.
It’s a fine line, and the police officers likely pushed the envelope toward the extreme end.Scroll down for video:
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