Lee Heidhues 7.9.2023
Did the SFPD military style presence provoke The Saturday Night Riot in the Mission District?
The San Francisco Standard reports what undoubtedly is the SFPD narrative of events. What the Standard needs to do is ask the right questions.
The mainstream media too often takes the easy way out and regurgitates the official version of events. This allows the MSM to maintain its cozy with relationship the cops.
A totally unleashed San Francisco Police Department has taken to terror in the streets of the City’s Mission District.
The premediated assault on the City’s teenagers and young adults who were skateboarding will be another stain on the sordid history of officially sanctioned violence in The City of St. Francis.
Chief of Police Bill Scott, in response to press queries, made a comment which applies to his own police force in what can arguably be called a police riot.
“This behavior will not be tolerated in our city and I thank our officers for taking action to hold those accountable who brazenly engaged in reckless and dangerous behavior and violated the law. Thankfully, there were no serious injuries.”
Hapless Mayor London Breed with her law and order bloviating has opened the flood gates of this police misconduct by actively and encouraging their abusive behavior.
Pathetically, some elected officials are already making excuses for the cops abhorrent behavior.
The Mayor’s anointed District Attorney Brooke Jenkins will now have to decide if these arrests, acts of harassment by the cops, are worth prosecuting. Or, will she do the right thing and toss them immediately?
Excerpted from The San Francisco Standard 7.9.2023
San Francisco police arrested more than 100 people—32 adults and 81 juveniles—Saturday night in wake of a skateboarding gathering near Dolores Park. The incident sparked shock, outrage and umbrage Sunday among members of the public and some elected officials.
On Sunday morning, San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston expressed his displeasure at police’s response to the incident, calling it an “abuse of power, waste of money, and trauma inflicted on our young people.”
“I’m ashamed of our City leadership for this type of militarization of our streets and attack on our youth,” Preston said in a tweet. “People deserve answers.”
Thirty-two adults were arrested and booked into San Francisco county jail on suspicion of inciting a riot, remaining present at an unlawful assembly and conspiracy, with one adult cited and released for resisting arrest, remaining present at an unlawful assembly and conspiracy. Eighty-one teens were also arrested on similar charges, with one teen later hospitalized for treatment of intoxication.
https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/reports-sf-police-arrest-dozens-in-dolores-park-hill-bomb/
Top photo: The People look Police State Power in the Face and Don’t Like What They See.
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