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Tagged with: Tasers

DeJesus hearing becomes a debate on Tasers

The Board of Supes Rules Committee moved forward the nomination of Petra DeJesus for another term on the Police Commission Thursday – but not...

Safai concedes defeat, will allow DeJesus to remain on Police Commission

Sup. Ahsha Safai has apparently conceded defeat in his efforts to replace the city’s best Police Commission member with one of his political allies. Safai...

Cops, tasers, pepper spray and prayer: A Standing Rock diary

October 29 Two days ago, more than 300 police from five states violently cracked down on a newly formed frontline camp that was set up...

Live from Standing Rock: Repression and injustice on the protest lines

Rose Aguilar is sending daily reports from the pipeline protests at Standing Rock. Read more coverage here. It’s Friday night. I’m flying back to Bismark, North...

POA tries to hijack selection of new police chief

The deadline for applications for the job of San Francisco police chief closed Wednesday, and because the process is not exactly open, it’s hard...

The Agenda, June 6-12, 2016: Key vote on Airbnb, Election Day partying ….

So the San Francisco Chronicle can’t bring itself to issue an endorsement in the presidential primary. That’s pretty astonishing for a big-city newspaper in...

The problem with Tasers

Every member of the San Francisco Police Commission needs to see the movie I just watched. It’s called Killing Them Safely, and I caught it...

The Agenda, May 30-June 5: Ed Lee’s bizarre judicial strategy ….

Mayor Ed Lee stopped by the Chronicle last week for an Editorial Board meeting, and since he didn’t have an effective answer for why...

A heated battle over tasers in San Francisco

The annual San Francisco Public Defender's Justice Summit Wednesday focused on the police department's use of force policy -- and the potential introduction of...

New chief promises reform — but can he stand up to the POA?

  San Francisco new police chief didn't mince his words while speaking at a meeting arranged by NAACP and Brothers Against Guns, a San Francisco...