After UC Davis police pepper sprayed students peacefully protesting the Occupy movement on Saturday, University of California President Mark Yudof announced plans to take immediate action against yesterday's aggressive, misguided dust-up. If you recall, some students refused to remove their tents from where they had made their camp on the quad, prompting school officials and police to use pepper spray at point-blank range in an effort to disperse a small group of linked-arm protesters. In response, Yudof plans on convening all 10 chancellors of the UC schools to review their protocols and policies. more ›

Fifteen years ago today, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas. His murder remains steeped in questions and controversy. However, while the Oakland artist was alive, he tossed off the following quote regarding a police brutality lawsuit he filed against the Oakland Police Department. more ›

SFPD is investigating another incident of brutality the a weekend incident was caught on film. While arresting a "drunk and belligerent" baby stroller-pushing woman at the Taraval station on Sunday, an officer appears to push the woman face first into the pavement on the street between two parked cars. According to CBS 5, "as the officers tried to put her in a patrol car she pushed back yelling, 'it's my baby in the street!,'" prompting the mild scuffle. more ›

Yesterday, SFist broke the story of an enthralling, although possibly problematic, police scuffle caught on tape at Sunday's Gay Pride. See, a few revelers were out of line (assaulting police officers, drunk, wearing tacky ensembles) and the police, who were far outnumbered, had to use force. Today, SFPD responded to the video. Police spokeswoman Lt. Lyn Tomioka explained to BCN (via SF Appeal) why mild force was necessary. more ›

It looks like things got a bit out of hand during an attempted arrest at Sunday's S.F. Gay Pride festivities. Shot by fckjulien1000 near the Orpheum Theater, the title of this video is "Police beating girls at GayPride 2010 (San Fransisco)," which, as some members in the crowd audibly attest, seems to be the case. more ›

Protesting SF State University's plan to "charge 11 students $8,100 for damages incurred during a December occupation of the business school," SFSU students held a peaceful protest on Wednesday that go slightly out of hand. Looking to enter the school's Administration Building--where student have the right to be, legally--one officer took things a wee bit too far, throwing a student to the ground and wresting him outside of the building. It's pretty rough considering the protest was pretty mellow. more ›

The spirited folks over at Indybay.org bring our attention to this video, one that chronicles last week's I-880 protest that resulted in the temporary closure of I-880 by 'Day of Action' protesters. Carrying a bizarre (and unfocused) banner reading "We Have Decided Not To Die" and chanting about class war, the young and attractive kids walked out onto I-880, stopped traffic, and, well, sat down. more ›

Oh, Indybay.org, you know we like you. Why? Because you're so hot-headed and loopy; the flipside to zombietime, if you will. But this takes the soy-based vegan carrot cake. more ›

Family members of Oscar Grant are asking for a bountiful $50 million from Bay Area Rapid Transit, chief of police Gary Gee, and three of the officers (Tony Pirone, Marysol Domenic, and Johannes Mehserle). Oscar Grant, if you recall, was the young, unarmed father who was shot and killed by Officer Mehserle on New Year's Day. Grant family attorney Attorney John Burris has called the shooting "intentional." more ›