SFPD reforms moving ‘too slow,’ state DOJ finds
The state Department of Justice slammed the San Francisco Police Department’s reform progress in a...
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Tag: use of force
SFPD system meant to prevent misconduct is eviscerated as ‘highly inaccurate’ by outside researchers
The San Francisco Police Department’s in-house system for preventing misconduct by officers is...
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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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Mission Station officers are pointing their guns at people far more than other San Francisco cops. Is culture to blame?
In 2019, Mission Station police officers pointed their guns at civilians more often than cops at...
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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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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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Eyewitness describes troubling police shooting at 23rd and Mission (updated)
Mission Local’s Julian Mark is on the scene at 23rd and Mission, where, around 8:30 a.m.,...
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SB 1421 Madness: S.F. Police Commission advances enhanced police misconduct records protocol
The San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday night unanimously passed a tentative version of the city’s protocol for releasing police misconduct files under a statewide transparency law — a move that may ease confusion and speed up the dissemination of the previously confidential records.
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SFPD officer sued for alleged excessive force incident at the Westfield Mall
A formerly homeless man is taking the San Francisco Police Department to court over a 2018...
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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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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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SFPD sued for ‘beating and punching’ man at 16th and Mission
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.
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Former San Francisco jail inmate sues city over alleged beatdown by guard
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.
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Gray Area Grand Theater: Negativland with Live Cinema by SUE-C
September 17 @ 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
