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Tag Archives: SFPD
SF Mayor Lee Says Police Substation on 6th Street to Open Next Month
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SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) A long-planned police substation along San Francisco's blighted Sixth Street will open some time next month, Mayor Ed Lee said today. Supervisor Jane Kim asked Lee about the substation during his monthly voter-mandated question-and-answer session with the … Continue reading
SFPD Recorded Nearly All Asian Arrestees as 'Chinese'
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By Shoshana Walter, The Bay Citizen The San Francisco Police Department, relying on antiquated computer technology, routinely recorded nearly all Asians who were arrested in the city as “Chinese” until this month, department officials said. Arrest data that included the … Continue reading
Supervisors to Vote on Limiting Relationship Between SFPD and FBI
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will soon vote on an ordinance that restricts the police department's relationship with the FBI. On Thursday, the Public Safety Committee approved the Safe San Francisco Civil Rights ordinance. Introduced by Supervisor Jane Kim, … Continue reading
WSJ: Dept. of Justice to Investigate SFPD
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In an article published today, Wall Street Journal reports the United States Justice Department is opening a probe into the San Francisco Police Department to investigate allegations of officer misconduct. Last year Public Defender Jeff Adachi alleged a group of … Continue reading
SFPD Says Kenneth Harding's Gun Found
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SAN FRANCISCO (Bay City News) San Francisco police say they have recovered the gun used by Kenneth Harding, the 19-year-old man who died in a shooting that involved police in the Bayview District on July 16. (SFPD press release here.) … Continue reading
Bayview Shooting: Explaining the Discrepancy Between SFPD Guns and Bullet Found in Kenneth Harding
UPDATE, 1:13 PM: Another possibility in this matter is that sometimes officers carry backup weapons on the job, with the approval of their departments. This would be, perhaps, a firearm purchased personally that can be carried on one's person while … Continue reading
What Do Police Do After a Suspect is Wounded?
Many web sites and media are pointing to a video of the aftermath of Kenneth Harding's shooting death by police in Bayview this past weekend. That video focuses mostly on the angry crowd reaction to the shooting, and has been … Continue reading
Audio/Chart: Bayview-Hunters Point Gunshots According to SFPD Recording System
Yesterday police presented to the media evidence they say demonstrates that Kenneth Harding, the 19-year-old shot and killed by officers in Bayview-Hunters Point Saturday, fired first. Here is audio of the shots fired in the incident that police say was … Continue reading
Morning Splash: Bayview Shooting; Judge Feinstein: "Civil Justice System in SF Collapsing"
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Anger in Bayview over fatal shooting by cops (SF Chronicle) At least 10 shots were fired when San Francisco police shot and killed a Washington state parolee sought for questioning in the slaying of a Seattle woman, police said Monday. … Continue reading
SFPD Says Man Killed by Police in Bayview-Hunters Point Shot First; Video of Shooting Aftermath
Update: 5:00 pm KQED's Mina Kim attended a press conference this … Continue reading
