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Tagged with: Use of Force

A trainwreck of a witness on final day of Nieto case

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...

The Agenda: The cops, the city attorney, Hillary and Bernie ….

When you’re the San Francisco city attorney, you have to defend your client, and sometimes your client is the Police Department, which is getting...

Three who heckled mayor are arrested

UPDATED VERSION Three protesters who interrupted Mayor Ed Lee’s speech at the Fairmont Hotel yesterday were arrested and charged with trespassing and “disturbing a...

Holding the cops — and their union — accountable

When the Rules Committee meets Thursday morning to discuss police use of force, I suspect there will be a lot of focus on policy,...

The Agenda, Jan. 18-24: Police violence …

The Police Commission hasn’t approved the use of Tasers for SF cops, but the issue is almost certainly going to come up Thursday/21 when...

The Agenda, Dec. 28- Jan 3: New Year’s resolutions ….

  By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 27, 2015 – Nothing much happens in local politics during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Hearings are cancelled; the...

Protesters jam Police Commission meeting

Four hours of testimony challenges chief on Bayview shooting By Sara Bloomberg DECEMBER 10, 2015 -- Enough is enough. That was the rallying cry from the community...

The Agenda, March 23-29: State budget gaps, the end of school buses — and are the SF cops shooting too many people?

In which we outline some of the pressing issues of the week to come By Tim Redmond MARCH 23, 2015 – I found an interesting item...

What to look for in the dueling autopsies of Michael Brown

By A.C. Thompson Ed note: A.C. used to work for me at the Bay Guardian, and I thought this piece he wrote might be useful...