ACLU sues San Francisco PD over cell phone search

Published March 21, 2013 12:04am ET



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming that the San Francisco police conducted a search of an activist’s cellphone without a warrant.

The civil suit claims that two San Francisco police officers violated Bob Offer-Westort’s privacy when they searched his cellphone after he was arrested last year for protesting a proposed city ordinance he felt was unfairly targeting homeless people.

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