Suspect in anti-Black hate crimes is a Black woman, SFPD says
San Francisco police on Friday named a suspect in a series of racist incidents that targeted the home of a longtime Black Alamo Square resident and dog walker, Terry Williams, whose family had said they felt abandoned by the city in the aftermath of the alleged hate crimes.April Martin Chartrand, a 67-year-old Black city resident, left a series of racist packages at the home of beloved dog walker Williams, according to a communiqué sent by the police department today asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect.Williams said he got a call today about Chartrand from the police chief, and upon seeing her image realized she is a neighbor and also lives on Alamo Square. He says he had one negative interaction with her years ago, which he believes resulted in Chartrand’s resentment toward him. About five or six years […]