SF News Supervisors Seek Day Of Remembrance For Mario Woods, DOJ Investigation Into His Killing By SFPD An apology. A day of remembrance. And hopefully a Department of Justice Investigation into the San Francisco Police Department's use-of-force, training, and tactics. That's all the Board of Supervisors were able to offer
SF News SFPD Chief Seeks Review Of Force By US Department Of Justice San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr has asked the United States Department of Justice to review his department's training, policy, and procedure in a "Collaborative Reform Review," a direct response to public outcry
SF News SFPD Canceled Forum On Black Community Relations Due To Planned Protest I guess they found out we were coming and they're scared! #justice4mariowoods #BlackLivesMatter #firechiefsuhr pic.twitter.com/yEIsqiKdKO— Justice4MarioWoods (@Justice4MWNow) December 30, 2015 In an apparent bid to forestall engaging with a planned
SF News $11 Million In Damages Awarded To Man Shot In Back By San Jose Police In what is by the San Jose Mercury News' calculations the largest payout in that city's history, a federal jury has awarded $11.3 million in damages to a man who was shot
SF News Mario Woods Mourned At Funeral, Protest Planned For DA's Office Today Mario Woods was mourned by family and friends in a closed coffin service yesterday at the Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church, just across the street from where he was shot and killed by five
SF News Two SFPD Officers Who Shot Mario Woods Previously Faced Excessive-Force Lawsuits Announcing that he would file a civil rights lawsuit against the SFPD, last week attorney John Burris released an enhanced new video showing the police shooting of 26-year old Mario Woods, a black
SF News SFPD Releases Names Of Five Officers Involved In Mario Woods Shooting SFPD released the names of the officers involved in the Dec. 2 shooting of Mario Woods. The five officers named are Winson Seto, Antonio Santos, Charles August, Nicholas Cuevas and Scott Phillips. According
SF News Mario Woods: New Enhanced Video Released, Civil Rights Lawsuit To Be Filed Against SFPD Attorney John Burris has announced he will file a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the family of Mario Woods, the 26-year-old San Francisco man SFPD shot to death on December 2nd. Police
SF News SFPD Shooting Of Mario Woods 'Could Have Ended Differently If We Had Tasers' Says Chief San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr once called equipping his officers with Tasers a "moral obligation." That was in 2012, and at the hands of the Supervisors Public Safety Committee he was the
SF News Town Hall Meeting Over Fatal SFPD Shooting Erupts In Protest Crowd members shouting down speakers at SFPD townHall Mtg. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/vt7lzJEacw— Cbarnard (@CornellBarnard) December 5, 2015 The fatal police shooting of 26-year-old Mario Woods in Bayview on Wednesday, which was
SF News SFPD Still Trying To Justify Killing Knife-Wielding Mario Woods As Community Outrage Grows Gwendolyn Woods said SFPD executed her son, the youngest of three boys. Here's a picture of mom and #MarioWoods pic.twitter.com/vyniRQsgGn— Michael Barba (@mdbarba) December 4, 2015 Tensions are rising and
SF News Protest, Vigil Tonight At Site Where SFPD Killed Mario Woods Disturbed and distraught following the killing yesterday of 26-year-old Mario Woods, a limping and visibly unwell black San Francisco man with a kitchen knife whom SFPD encircled and shot to death in front
SF News [Update] Videos Of Fatal SFPD Shooting Raise Questions On Need For Lethal Force San Francisco's police chief is defending the actions of his department, after a fatal shooting by officers Wednesday afternoon was partially caught on video. According to a statement sent by the San Francisco
SF News Man Shot By Police At SF Hospital IDed, Was Suspect In San Bruno Gun Theft Webcam shows SFPD converge on gunman--elevator at right empty 4:16pm, man visible 4:30, cops on roof 4:44 & 4:51 pic.twitter.com/0MjqHmb5AD— Demian Bulwa (@demianbulwa) November 12, 2015
SF News Town Hall Meeting Held To Address Last Thursday's Fatal Police Shooting The tone was somber at the town hall meeting held yesterday to discuss the shooting death of 27-year-old Herbet Benitez by police officers at 8th and Market Street this past Thursday. With members
SF News Shootout During Sexual Assault Investigation Leaves Oakland Cop Injured, Suspect Dead OPD recovers rifle from suspect who shot ofc. this morning. Ofc. is out of surgery/recovering. pic.twitter.com/RzXTcwEfZP— Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) August 3, 2015 Oakland Police Department officers found themselves
SF News SFPD Officer Shoots Carjacking Suspect Who Yelled 'Shoot Me!' Near SFO Watch raw video of SFPD Chief Greg Suhr's press conference via KPIX SFPD officers shot and wounded a carjacking suspect at SFO earlier this morning after he allegedly wrecked a stolen car and
SF News Suspect Killed In First Oakland Police Fatal Shooting In Two Years An armed suspect was killed this morning in what authorities say is the first fatal police shooting involving Oakland city police in two years. Police were called to the scene by firefighters just
SF News Suicidal Man With High-Powered Rifle Kills Bay Area Police Officer The city of San Jose as well as law enforcement officials across the Bay Area are reeling after suicidal man with a high-powered rifle opened fire on the cops sent to check on
SF News Bay Area Cops Shot Three Men Over The Course Of Eight Hours This Weekend Two men are dead and a third is injured after Bay Area police responded with force in three separate incidents this weekend, including one that appears to have been a "suicide by cop.
SF News Names Of Officers Involved In Fatal Mission Shooting Released, March Planned For Tonight The SFPD has released the names of the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Amilcar Perez-Lopez, identifying them as Craig Tiffe and Eric Reboli. The shooting, which took place on the
SF News Man And Woman Fatally Shot By Police Within Minutes Tuesday Two people, both reportedly armed, were shot and killed by Bay Area police officers in separate confrontations at nearly the same time Tuesday. In one case, a Contra Costa County Sheriff's deputy shot
SF News Supreme Court Takes Case Of SFPD Shooting Of Mentally Disabled Woman The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear San Francisco vs. Sheehan, 13-1412, a case that could set precedents for police treatment of the disabled and mentally disabled. According to the AP,
SF News SFPD Officers Shoot And Kill Man In Financial District At Conclusion Of High-Speed Chase Officers from the San Francisco Police Department shot and killed a man they say was an armed carjacking suspect this morning, after a dramatic pursuit and rollover crash in the Financial District. According
SF News Fatal SFPD Shooting: Chief Suhr To Face Tough Questions Tonight San Francisco police department Chief Greg Suhr had better be prepared for some tough questions tonight, when he is scheduled to face the public to answer questions about a controversial SFPD shooting that
