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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

Video: Muni Driver Leaves Bus Doors Open For In-And-Out Assailants

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Police Department showed local broadcast media footage of a November assault on a Muni bus. And while the assault is rotten — you can see it below — the most

Pregnant Woman Injured In Beating Near Jackson Square

A pregnant woman was rushed to the hospital Monday, after an argument she had with her teenaged sister took a violent turn. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a 16-year-old woman invited

SFFD Promises Crackdown On Unsanctioned New Year's Fireworks

Though illegal New Year's fireworks — that is, the pyrotechnics unleashed by that guy who lives down the block from you, not the fancy ones shot off that barge off the Embarcadero— are nothing

Man Stabbed By Pot-Smoking Pals Outside Mission Bar

A Mission man learned — the hard way — yesterday afternoon that just because someone you met at a bar offers to smoke weed with you, their intentions are not necessarily benign. According to the

Two Shot Outside SoMa Nightclub Early Monday Morning

Two men are recovering at the hospital today, after an early-morning shooting outside a South of Market nightclub. According to the San Francisco Police Department, police were called to the 300 block of

Woman Walks Into Mission Church, Stabs Employee Over Bathroom Key

The employee of a San Francisco church is recovering this morning, after police say she was stabbed by a woman who wanted to use the facility's restroom. According to the San Francisco Police

SFPD Releases Photo Of Suspect Vehicle In Fatal Mission Hit-And-Run

The San Francisco Police Department is seeking the driver of the car you see above, after police say they struck and killed a pedestrian in the Mission District earlier this month. According to

Video: Is A Marin County Sheriff's Deputy Leading A Bay Area Dirt Bike Gang?

Cruising through the streets and sidewalks of San Francisco and disregarding traffic laws and pedestrian safety in the process, a dirt-bike gang known as Bay Area Supermoto (BASM) has for months been a

Those Hate-Texting Police Officers Just Get Off Scot-Free

It's not the complete, dismal conclusion of the so-called SFPD racist text scandal, because Chief Greg Suhr has vowed to appeal the decision, but police officers who texted racist and homophobic slurs and

Off-Duty SFPD Recruit Saves 'Lifeless' Baby In Mall Parking Lot

How this @SFPD officer recruit saved a baby's life in a @Target parking lot. @kron4news at 8 pic.twitter.com/FOMh3fURpT— Justine Waldman (@JustineWaldman) December 22, 2015 San Francisco Police Department Recruit Officer

Man Shot In The Gut While In Golden Gate Park

A gunman remains at large in San Francisco today, after he shot another man in Golden Gate Park over the weekend. According to the San Francisco Police Department, it was 12:36 Sunday

Afternoon Shooting In Inner Sunset Is SF's 52nd Homicide For 2015

A man is dead, police say, after a mid-afternoon shooting on a quiet block in the Inner Sunset. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers were called to Third Avenue and Lincoln

Dead Women In Tenderloin, Mission Might Be San Francisco's 50th and 51st Homicides For 2015

The San Francisco Police Department are investigating two separate deaths of women across the city, possibly taking SF to the second-highest number of homicides it has seen in the past five years. Details

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 Unified School District Deems New Email Threat Not Credible, Remains Open

In a message to parents today, the San Francisco Unified School District, responsible fro nearly 60,000 students each year, revealed that it had received a violent threat similar to several across the

Mayor Lee Backs Tasers For SFPD, Opponents Ready For A Fight

During a radio appearance this morning, Mayor Ed Lee voiced support for arming SFPD officers with Tasers, stating a position spokesperson Christine Falvey confirmed to the Examiner. Police Chief Greg Suhr has for

Fatal Beating Of North Beach Artist Takes SF To 49 Homicides For 2015

@HoodlineSF @gerikoeppel So upsetting. Stu was such a kind person, a real gentleman. He captured me more than once. pic.twitter.com/aQ1iUpxXWU— The Dregs (@DeanVolker) December 16, 2015 The San Francisco Police

Defense For Alleged Kate Steinle Shooter Wants Murder Charges Dismissed

Attorneys for Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, the man charged with murder in the high profile death of Kate Steinle on San Francisco's Pier 14 this past July, have filed a motion requesting the charge

Fresno Police Using Software Apparently To Track #BlackLivesMatter Protesters

The Fresno Police Department has over the course of the last two years used social media surveillance systems to identify potential "threats" in the community it polices — including a product called MediaSonar which

SFPD Union Opposes New Plans For Officer Shields, Use Of Force

In the days following the San Francisco Police Department's caught-on-video shooting of stabbing suspect Mario Woods, a lot of the discussion centered around what SFPD policies need to change to prevent fatal use

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

Brass-Knuckled Kidnappers Beat SF Man, Steal His Gun

A San Francisco man is recovering after a terrifying, hours-long ordeal during which he was beaten, kidnapped, and robbed of his gun. It all started at around 11 p.m. Thursday, KRON4 reports,

Campos On Mario Woods Shooting: 'We Need Fundamental Change Around De-Escalation'

Both Martin Halloran, the president of the S.F. Police Officers Association, and Supervisor David Campos went on Phil Matier's Sunday morning program on CBS 5, Matier in the Morning, to have an

Early-Morning Fight On Haight Street Ends In SF's 48th Homicide of 2015

One man is dead and another injured after an argument at the foot of Haight Street turned violent Saturday morning. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers were called to Haight Street