When the police raid an Occupy camp, they bring in the Department of Public Works (DPW) to clear out all the belongings. While the city claims that all belongings are protected, in reality, most everything of value is smashed or stolen while the rest is dumped on the ground in the DPW yard. And while the city also claims people can easily pick up their belongings, the truth is they [...]
Exactly one year ago, San Francisco police shot and killed Kenneth Harding, Jr. over a $2 MUNI fare. The city, SFMTA and the SFPD are stonewalling on the investigation and aren’t releasing videos they confiscated. The family of Kenneth need answers. They shot him the back but can’t look us in the eye? Kenneth Harding didn’t have to die. To mark the occasion, activists gathered at key intersections to temporarily [...]
In 1966, three years before New York’s Stonewall riot, a San Francisco police officer walked into Compton’s Cafeteria responding to a call from the owner complaining of a rowdy customer. The officer roughly grabbed a trans woman, who’d had enough of police harassment and threw her coffee in his face. The customers rioted, pushing the police out into the street and smashing windows. They trashed a police car and set [...]
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