Police chief says transparency is a step to accountability, but declines to explain his Jessica Williams decision
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott declined to say why he recommended no disciplinary action...
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Officer who shot Jessica Williams was recommended for firing. Instead, he was suspended 45 days.
Editor’s note, June 15, 2020: This story has been updated as more information has become...
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More than 100 gather at 24th and Mission for police shooting victim Sean Monterrosa
Around 100 people gathered at the 24th and Mission BART Plaza on Friday afternoon to remember Sean...
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Police union president calls for federal prosecution of man accused of assaulting cop as police union runoff election commences
San Francisco police union president Tony Montoya’s call this morning for federal prosecutors to...
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SFPD officers who shot Jamaica Hampton have been assigned back to active duty
The two San Francisco Police officers who shot Jamaica Hampton, a man armed with a glass bottle on...
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Jamaica Hampton, shot by SFPD, has leg amputated
Jamaica Hampton, the 24-year-old man who police shot multiple times in December at the...
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SFPD officer who shot Jamaica Hampton became a training officer — despite excessive force charges
One of the two San Francisco Police officers who shot Jamaica Hampton on Dec. 7, 2019, is...
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Jamaica Hampton: San Francisco Police Department addresses public at ‘town hall’ meeting following Dec. 7 shooting
In a taut and crowded “town hall” meeting Tuesday night at the packed gym of Cesar...
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Video reveals police shot Jamaica Hampton while he was running — not while he was allegedly assaulting officer
Video of Saturday morning’s police shooting of Jamaica Hampton reviewed extensively by Mission...
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Woman who says her son was shot by San Francisco police questions use of lethal force
A woman who said she is the mother of a man shot in the Mission district this weekend by San...
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An early test for DA-elect Chesa Boudin? Judge orders charging decision for schizophrenic police shooting victim.
A federal judge has given the San Francisco District Attorney’s office a two-month deadline to decide whether to file criminal charges against the officers involved in the 2017 shooting of a mentally disabled man on his porch.
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Anatomy of a police shooting: The chaotic last moments of Jesus Delgado Duarte
3,295 pages of records reveal disorganization and lack of coherent command structure in March 2018...
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Anatomía de una balacera policial: los últimos y caóticos momentos de Jesús Delgado Duarte
Las 3,295 páginas de expedientes revelan una falta de organización y coherencia en la estructura...
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SFPD internal report finds officer who shot Luis Gongora Pat acted ‘out of policy’ in escalating encounter
The San Francisco Police officers who shot dead homeless immigrant Luis Gongora Pat in April 2016 may receive — at most — weeks of discipline for escalating the situation that ultimately led to Gongora Pat’s death.
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Report: Officers who shot Amilcar Perez-Lopez acted within policy and were not disciplined
The two San Francisco Police officers who fatally shot 21-year-old Guatemalan immigrant Amilcar Perez-Lopez in the Mission District in February 2015 acted within department policy, according to a report released Wednesday. They were not disciplined for the incident.
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Mural of police shooting victim Amilcar Perez-Lopez blessed at ceremony
The day marked the four and a half anniversary of the night that the 20 year-old Lopez, an immigrant from Guatemala, was killed by the San Francisco Police Department.
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