SF News BART Police Facing Backlash by Childish, Self-Absorbed Riders According to Bart spokesperson Linton Johnson, Bart officers "have been spit upon and yelled at by an angry public." Even though the transit agency has promised a "vigorous investigation" into the shooting death
SF News Oakland Police Chief Tucker to Resign In a humiliating week for Bay Area police forces, Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker announced his resignation yesterday. His last day will be at the end of February. According to reports, "Tucker said
SF News New Footage Reveals Police Brutality Prior to Oscar Grant Murder New cellphone footage of the night of Oscar Grant's murder has surfaced. What does it show? It seems, according to reports, a second BART officer, not Johannes Mehserle, can be seen assaulting a
SF News Breaking News: San Jose Police Surrounded Gas Station San Jose police have surrounded the USA Gas station on McLaughlin Ave. at the Capitol Expressway. According to CBS 5's alarming 'breaking news' box atop their homepage, one armed suspect is at the
SF News Oakland to Fire Fibbing Cops Two sergeants and nine officers in the Oakland Police Department will be looking for fresh new careers soon. Why? It seems said law enforcement officials lied on sworn affidavits in order to get
SF News Something Happened... But What? When we see five police cars, half a block cordoned off by crime scene tape, and a bicycle laying in the street, we think, "this can't be good." Photo snapped at 20th &
SF News BART Cop Update: Suicide Watch! Murder Charges! Nevada! In an amazing twist, murder charges were officially filed against Johannes Mehserle, 27, who (allegedly) shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day on the Fruitvale BART station platform. The amazing part
SF News BART Officer Arrested for Shooting, Killing Oscar Grant Johannes Mehserle was arrested in Nevada today in connection with the shooting and killing of Oscar Grant on New Year's Day. According the Chronicle, "Mehserle, 27, was taken into custody in Douglas County,
SF News Todd Mehserle's Angry Internet History by Hunter Walker Todd Mehserle, whose son Johannes is the BART officer who was captured on film shooting Oscar Grant as he lay unarmed and facedown on a subway platform, seems to have
SF News Protest Over BART Shooting Turns to Riot Several hours of violence erupted Wednesday night as demonstrators at "smashed storefronts and cars, set several cars ablaze and blocked streets in downtown Oakland." The riot started after a protest was held at
SF News Death Threats Sent to BART Police Officer Sadly, Matier & Ross have word that the BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant on New Year's Day is now receiving death threats. It seems the BART officer in question,
SF News Bart Police Protest At Fruitvale BART Tomorrow Eh. We still think many folks are acting premature on this one, getting exciting about an exciting protest for the sake of protest, which might fatally dilute the original meaning. (What else is
SF News KTVU Airs Fruitvale Station Shooting, BART Police Asks for Patience Last Thursday, on New Year's Day, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was fatally shot by an unidentified BART officer. It happened after grant and some buddies got into a scuffle while riding a train. We
SF News What Happened at the Fruitvale BART Shooting? Early New Year's day, Oscar Grant, 22, was plugged once by a bullet from a BART officer's gun, and died. His death, it seems, stemmed from a fight hew as involved in inside
SF News SFPD Chief Heather Fong Calls it Quits Just as Mayor Gavin Newsom jump starts efforts to get the hell out of San Francisco, Police Chief Heather Fong announced her retirement. The big news came on Saturday on the Newsom's All-Star
SF News San Francisco Police Calls Now Available on EveryBlock EveryBlock a site that gathers info going on in your block, just launched an hour or so ago one of the niftiest features we've seen in awhile. The now publish every call made
SF News Oakland Tribune Calls for the Firing of School Police Chief Remember when Oakland School District Police Chief Art "No, you're a pain in the ass" Michel detained Oakland Tribune photographer Jane Tyska during Halloween's illegal immigration protests? Well, it turns out the Tribune
SF News Woman Of-A-Certain-Age Shot By SFPD Wielded Knife Remember the lady who was shot several times in her Mission district apartment? Well, the victim, Teresa Sheehan, 56, "lunged at officers with a knife" before officers turned her into the female 50
SF News Tree Sitters Lose Yet Another Round More time is being wasted over in Berkeley over those damn oak trees. This time the Berkeley City Council voted last night that they it "will not seek a stay of a judge's
SF News No Matter What, Berkeley Tree Sitters Lose After a judge ruled that the University of California can cut down those cumbersome old oak trees, the kids still stuck up in the grove aren't coming down. What else is new, right?
SF News Your Daily Muni Delay: Police Activity Shakes Up Your Commute Oh oh. Looks like your commute home might be an exciting one filled with delays and packed trains. According to 511, "at 3:10pm, Muni reports all inbound and outbound lines on the
SF News Text the Police!!! In lieu of calling 911 or you local police station when you need to report a crime anonymously, now you can do so via text messaging. And it's too easy! At least according
SF News Another Berkeley Tree-Sitter Arrested, Standoff Continues While police have tried to starve and cutoff supplies to the few remaining protesters up in the UCB oak grove, another tree-sitter was arrested yesterday afternoon at around 5 p.m. Performing yoga
misc Sports Facility Plans Put On Hold, Trustifarians Feel Like They've Accomplished Something UCB's plans to mow down an oak grove and put up a sports training facility were put on hold. It seems a judge halted the plans until "the university can prove the project
