Bully Cop Arrests Public Defender for Trying to Protect Her Client’s Constitutional Rights

San Francisco, Calif. – In a blatant attempt at intimidation, police handcuffed and arrested a San Francisco deputy public defender, Jami Tillotson, at the Hall of Justice for attempting to protect her client’s constitutional rights on Tuesday.

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The arrest was in response to her denial of officer’s attempts to photograph her client, and it raises serious questions about police intimidation, according to Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
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Tillotson was arrested and booked Tuesday on a misdemeanor resisting arrest charge.

“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,” said Adachi

One of Tillotson’s clients had just appeared on a misdemeanor theft charge. As he was leaving the courtroom, plainclothes officers began to question him, according to authorities.

Tillotson heard about her client being questioned in the hallway without her being present and attempted to interject herself into the police questioning as an attorney representing a client.

“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,” said Tillotson.

Police claim their officers were investigating a case, in which Tillotson’s client was a person of interest, and believe that they acted lawfully.

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