Criminal
Jan. 31, 2015
Public defender arrest exposes dubious doctrine
Tuesday's arrest of San Francisco Public Defender Jami Tolletson crystallized much of the unrealism and absurdity surrounding the post-Warren courts' approach to police-citizen encounters. By Hadar Aviram
Tuesday's arrest of San Francisco Public Defender Jami Tillotson, during the course of a conflict pertaining to police interaction with her clients, crystallized, in the context of one interaction, much of the unrealism and absurdity surrounding the post-Warren courts' approach to police-citizen encounters.
First, let's state the obvious: Regardless of the constitutional disposition of the situation, arresting Tillotson was a...
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