SFist: SFist Blotter

davey k

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:18:01 -0800

Re: that "itchy and scratchy" paragraph... you're right, it's not funny. Turns out three people arrested, one on a murder warrant from Sac, and 2 charged with assault w/dw. And I loved the last line in the InsideBayArea story, which read... "At least two men - including Mack - had to be treated at a local hospital for their injuries. None of them were believed to be life-threatening, the detective said." Seems to me that a bunch of those guys were life-threatening!

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:20:45 -0800

I thought they usually reported shootings when they happen in busy areas like Market street, especially if it's during the day. Well maybe not "usually" but a hell of a lot more often then they'd report any other shooting where no one is killed...which is barely ever. When did that shooting happen?

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:54:52 -0800

Well, I watched a guy get gunned down in broad daylight (or at least dusk) in front of the the theater (the one that was showing Hairspray. Can't remember the name) on Market Street. Guy fired three shots into the guy and it never made the news or the papers. I guess unless it's a clean, wealthy, white person, it's just not news.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:49:36 -0800

Well, to add to this blotter, there have been two more murders in SF. -A Mexican immigrant who had been here just 2 months was shot to death in an attempted robbery on Connecticut Street in Potrero Hill, on July 22nd. SFGate JUST MENTIONED it yesterday, and unsurprisingly the article was buried on the crime page, AND, the link was broken, and took me to an article about Ed Jew, instead of the murder. I finally got to the correct article, by entering: "MURDER SHOOTING POTRERO HILL" into the search bar, which gave me he correct link. - A man was shot to death at 12:50 am this morning in Vis Valley next to McLaren Park. No news on SFgate, surprise, surprise. Cbs5 had it mentioned though, by way of a tiny Bay City News Wire article in the Local section, which is already gone. It's amazing how much local news tends to focus on OTHER cities when it comes to crime. The Chronicle has to be the worst offender when it comes to this... And on the topic of other cities, 2 people were shot to death, and another wounded in a triple shooting in Oakland this morning. Also, a 12 year-old girl was struck by a stray bullet in another Oakland shooting.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:40:15 -0800

I, for one,if alone, would avoid any group of young males, black, white, asian, cablinasion, or whatever, clustered in a group in a place without many passersby. It's not their color that makes me nervous, it's their number. It's called using your brain.

joe

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:07:35 -0800

"If you believe profiling, or rather probability, is silly, maybe you should go tell the school board and colleges they should stop teaching statistics ... that whole sampling, correlation, and other gobbledygook is racist." without getting into an argument about manipulating statistics. im fairly certain they would back up the fact that its not a fair assumption that a group of young people are going to mug you. and i highly doubt that people are scared of me and my white friends who sit on the steps. that being said, whoever said you should trust your gut if you feel unsafe is totally right. and i don't really blame the jogger for changing streets. it was the general tone of the comment that made it seem like profiling.

mattymatt

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:20:51 -0800

I, for one, don't see anything dangerous at all about groups of young men loitering in isolated areas late at night. I say you should walk right up to them, all by yourself, with a spring in a step and a song in your heart. And if you get mugged, at least the mugger will have the pleasure of knowing that you didn't pre-judge them.

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:48:23 -0800

Post #2's writer was right on .... a group of 3 or more young men sitting around with nothing better do is best avoided if you're sorta in no man's land as far as other passerby. If you believe profiling, or rather probability, is silly, maybe you should go tell the school board and colleges they should stop teaching statistics ... that whole sampling, correlation, and other gobbledygook is racist.

daithi

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:32:38 -0800

Look, if you are alone and something does not feel right, trust your gut. The jogger did nothing wrong by changing their route, that is not profiling, it is common sense.

mariconsoy

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:48:50 -0800

[5] Brock, that was a 5* post! Te he he!!! I'm getting ready to go out for the day. Can't decide if I should wear my poncho, sombrero and tire soled sandals, or a black suit/shirt with a white tie. Damn, it's hard to look like a hoodlum with my purple hair...

guest

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:17:39 -0800

How exactly do "hoodlums" dress? Are there hoods involved? I'm just curious so I can avoid looking like one of "them" since I wouldn't want to frighten anyone just by being present on any given corner. I'm not saying I loiter, but I have been known to stop on occasion, though usually without any intended menace.

Brock Keeling

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:15:46 -0800

Were they also doing the Mexican Hat Dance to "La Cucaracha"? Jesus.

T.E. Lawrence

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:06:14 -0800

They were probably from James Lick Middle School. I'd say 99.5% of them are harmless, no reason to be afraid. I know because my brother went to school there 4 years ago.

joe

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:55:40 -0800

north - it is racial profiling. i have "hispanic youngsters dressed like hoodlums" blocking my staircase all the time. and guess what? they move when i walk up to my apartment before i even say a word...and most of the time they apologize. keep living in fear of people that look different though.

north

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:38:31 -0800

I was jogging up Church in the evening and then up onto 21th St to the top of the hill and noticed what seemed to be 8-10 Hispanic youngsters dressed like hoodlums loitering on two different stairwells a block apart.When I reached the top and proceeded back down the hill intending to use a somewhat hidden staircase to walk down to an adjacent street, about 6-8 of them were sitting at the bottom blocking my access. I promptly used another way down "just in case" Maybe racial profiling, but they didn't look like they were residents of that neighborhood. Its a very affluent neighborhood up there if you've been there. I like to run up there for a good workout and get a glimpse of the city. Thought they may of have been looking for trouble. Very suspicious.

T.E. Lawrence

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:08:26 -0800

Black Muslim bakery raided (08-03) 08:30 PDT OAKLAND -- Police, SWAT teams and bomb units from throughout Alameda County raided a Black Muslim bakery and three related locations in North Oakland this morning and detained more than a dozen suspects, police said. ... It was not immediately clear whether the raids are directly connected to the Thursday slaying of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, who was investigating the bakery and its related businesses, they said.