Berkeley Law Students Highlight Racial Disparities in San Francisco Policing
By Sophia Barberini SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a working paper, University of California, Berkeley law students…
SF District Attorney Partners with SFPD and SFSU on New Agreement on How to Handle Sex Assault, Violent Crimes and Hate Crimes
By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has announced a new…
SF Police Officer Who Beat Black Man Set for Trial in March after Being Charged by District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s Office
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin By Lovepreet Dhinsa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Police Officer Terrance…
SF District Attorney Files Homicide Charges Against SFPD Officer Monday, Believed to Be 1st Ever Homicide Prosecution of Police in SF
SAN FRANCISCO – In what critics of police brutality here are calling a reversal of a policy…
San Francisco Man Shot and Killed by Police After Alleged Carjacking
By Phoebe Glick, Nicole Gonzales, and Anika Khubchandani SAN FRANCISCO – A 21-year-old man was shot several…
Video Surfaces Showing SFPD Officer with Knee on Teenager’s Neck
With the nation up in arms over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis…
Boudin Clarifies Charging Decision as Use-of-Force Expert Questions Hampton Shooting
c As criticism has rained down on new San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, his office put…
Critics Say Suzy Loftus Didn’t Do Enough to Reform San Francisco PD
Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Protesters…
Sunday Commentary: What If They Violate the Rights of Someone Who Clearly Did It?
In this country, we are supposed to protect the rights of the accused, not only because we…
A Parade of Officers Testify Using Hearsay Evidence
By Galen Yun Mr. Willie Flanigan’s case resumed today with the prosecution’s case. The judge allowed police…
Second Request: Adachi Asks for State Probe into SFPD
From press release: In light of recent developments and for the second time in two months, San…
Adachi on the Need for Use of Force Reforms (Video)
During his opening remarks to the 2016 SF Justice Summit on Police Use of Force, Jeff Adachi…
Text Message Scandal Goes Deep, Involving More Than 200 Cases
Last year, San Francisco officials conducted an investigation revealing that at least five police officers, long-time officers,…
A Series of Blows in High Profile Police Cases
The hung jury in the first trial of Baltimore police officers connected with the death of Freddie…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Issues in Davis and Beyond
It is hard to know exactly what to take from this. However, on one side of the…
Jim Crow in San Francisco
By Peter Santina As a deputy public defender in San Francisco, I am not shocked at the…
