An early test for DA-elect Chesa Boudin? Judge orders charging decision for schizophrenic police shooting victim.

Nov 13, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

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.

Anatomy of a police shooting: The chaotic last moments of Jesus Delgado Duarte

Nov 11, 2019 | Covering the Police, En Español, Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Instagram, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Shootings, Topics

3,295 pages of records reveal disorganization and lack of coherent command structure in March 2018...

SFPD internal report finds officer who shot Luis Gongora Pat acted ‘out of policy’ in escalating encounter

Oct 2, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Topics

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.

SFPD sued for ‘beating and punching’ man at 16th and Mission

Sep 14, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

A man is suing the city and two San Francisco police officers for allegedly “beating and punching” him near 16th and Mission streets in late June — a purported incident stemming from the officers’ attempt to arrest the man for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk.

Former San Francisco jail inmate sues city over alleged beatdown by guard

Sep 13, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

A 21-year-old former inmate at County Jail No. 5 in San Bruno who was in April allegedly kneed, punched, and “bodyslammed” by a San Francisco Sheriff’s deputy is taking the city and the Sheriff’s Department to court over the accused beating.

SFPD wants to better respond to racially motivated calls to police. It’s not so easy.

Sep 11, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Chief Bill Scott has now specifically requested changes to how his officers respond to racially biased police calls.

Report: Officers who shot Amilcar Perez-Lopez acted within policy and were not disciplined

Sep 5, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

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.

Mural of police shooting victim Amilcar Perez-Lopez blessed at ceremony

Aug 27, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Police Shootings

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.