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Cops and judges can’t get away with violating reporters’ First Amendment rights

Richard Knee - March 19, 2024

The latest attack on press freedom by the SF cops shows the need for vigilance—and accountability.

News + Politics

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Tim Redmond - May 20, 2019

The fate of the property of journalist Bryan Carmody – and the role of the local courts in allowing a clearly illegal search warrant...

News + Politics

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

Adriana Camarena - March 11, 2018

Editor’s note: As the candidates for mayor discuss law enforcement, police accountability, and the future of the SFPD, it’s worth looking back at how...

The Agenda

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2018

THE AGENDA There is good news every once in a while. The Planning Commission last week rejected, on a 7-0 vote, an application to...

The Agenda

The Agenda, Oct. 1-8: Big changes at Ocean Beach …

Tim Redmond - October 1, 2017

The San Francisco Police Commission pulled a discussion of Tasers off the agenda last week — just as an Oakland man died after being...

News + Politics

Police reform hearing is all about Tasers

Tim Redmond - September 26, 2017

A hearing on police reform that was supposed to focus on the 272 recommendations the Department of Justice has given the city today wound...

News + Politics

The Agenda: Tasers, traffic, and cannabis

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2017

The San Francisco Police Department hasn’t by any means given up on getting Tasers — apparently, Chief William Scott is a big fan of...

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SFPD releases footage and details of the police shooting on Market Street

Sana Saleem - May 11, 2017

On May 3rd, shortly after 11 am, Nicholas Flusche, 26, got into a violent fight with an employee after entering a Subway restaurant on...

News + Politics

A stunning lack of reality at Mayor Lee’s State of the City

Tim Redmond and Sana Saleem - January 26, 2017

An upbeat Mayor Ed Lee delivered a State of the City address at the old Hibernia Bank Building today that sounded like a re-election...

News + Politics

New SFPD Chief has a lot on his plate

Sana Saleem - January 23, 2017

Chief William Scott was sworn in as San Francisco's police chief today at City Hall. Scott, 52, previously worked as Deputy Chief for the...

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Cops and judges can’t get away with violating reporters’ First Amendment rights

Court to hear arguments on police raid of reporters house

Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy

Supes to vote on Wiener upzoning bill, Police Commission to vote on Taser initiative …

The Agenda, Oct. 1-8: Big changes at Ocean Beach …

Police reform hearing is all about Tasers

The Agenda: Tasers, traffic, and cannabis

SFPD releases footage and details of the police shooting on Market Street

A stunning lack of reality at Mayor Lee’s State of the City

New SFPD Chief has a lot on his plate

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