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A heated battle over tasers in San Francisco

Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem - May 25, 2016

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...

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

Sana Saleem - May 23, 2016

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...

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The Agenda, May 16-22: Big, ugly luxury housing projects in the Mission and the Tenderloin….

Tim Redmond - May 15, 2016

The local news media made a big deal of the legal thrashing that Federal Judge Charles Breyer gave to an SF police officer who,...

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SF Police Department is a total godawful mess, panel concludes

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2016

The district attorney’s special task force investigating the San Francisco Police Department issued a devastating preliminary report tonight suggesting that pretty much everything in...

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The Agenda, May 2-May 9: Will the mayor meet with the hunger strikers?

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2016

The hunger strike for police accountability is now well into its second week, and still not one word – seriously, not one word –...

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Wiener votes with cops, against Leno accountability bill

Tim Redmond - April 19, 2016

There was a strange moment at the Board of Supervisors today that shows just how powerful even the discredited law-enforcement lobby can be. The supes...

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The Agenda, April 18-25: Police accountability, fighting a really bad eviction ….

Tim Redmond - April 17, 2016

In Los Angeles County, law-enforcement officers have shot more than 2,000 people in the past 15 years – and exactly one officer has ever...

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Chief Suhr’s job review: Things are out of control ….

Tim Redmond - April 12, 2016

The Police Commission meeting tomorrow (Wed/13) includes an item that hasn’t gotten much attention – but maybe ought to be the focus of a...

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Protesters go to City Hall: ‘A young man was murdered on your watch’

Sana Saleem - March 20, 2016

“There’s been this kind of waiting game going on, let’s just wait this out and see if people lose interest and go away. Well...

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A trainwreck of a witness on final day of Nieto case

Tim Redmond - March 8, 2016

One of the city’s star witnesses in the Alex Nieto case took the stand today, and the result was one of the worst legal...

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A heated battle over tasers in San Francisco

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

The Agenda, May 16-22: Big, ugly luxury housing projects in the Mission and the Tenderloin….

SF Police Department is a total godawful mess, panel concludes

The Agenda, May 2-May 9: Will the mayor meet with the hunger strikers?

Wiener votes with cops, against Leno accountability bill

The Agenda, April 18-25: Police accountability, fighting a really bad eviction ….

Chief Suhr’s job review: Things are out of control ….

Protesters go to City Hall: ‘A young man was murdered on your watch’

A trainwreck of a witness on final day of Nieto case

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