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Police arrested Javier Campos yesterday in connection with last week’s mass shooting in the Mission. Mission Local looked into his background, and found online posts in which Campos bragged about a similar crime.

Skeptical police commissioners grilled SFPD Chief Bill Scott last night about plans to arrest drug users. Scott said the priority of officialsโ€™ crackdown on public drug consumption is to eliminate it from view.โ€œItโ€™s not meant to solve addiction,โ€ he said.

Some Uber drivers, fearing assaults and carjackings, are carrying makeshift weapons. Several say rideshare companies aren’t doing enough to protect gig workers. “Once you’re driving, you’re exposed,” a driver told Mission Local’s Yujie Zhou.

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Javier Campos, with a beanie, rapping.

Mission mass shooting suspect arrested โ€” bragged about similar crime online

Campos’ father and step-brother were killed in shootings when he was 12.

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Police watchdog grills SFPD chief about drug crackdown

“We’re focusing on people who are actually using,” says Chief Scott.

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Some Uber drivers, fearing danger, drive armed

Scissors, knives, pliers, and a tiny sculpture of San Judas protect drivers.

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