Female hot dog vendor tackled, handcuffed by SF police
Video obtained by Mission Local shows San Francisco police tackle and handcuff a woman on the Embarcadero this morning as her young daughter cried hysterically — during a confiscation of her hot dog stand. The woman could be heard saying “Ya, me voy, me voy!” or, “I’m leaving, I’m leaving!”Onlookers filmed as the woman struggled on the pavement with two officers who were pulling her arms behind her back to handcuff her. A worker in a yellow vest blocked onlookers from approaching or filming up close. “It’s ‘cause she fought with the officers,” another worker in an unmarked yellow vest told an onlooker as he rolled the hotdog stand away. “These are being confiscated by the Department of Public Health.” A witness told Mission Local that the woman was upset about her cart being confiscated and officers were holding her back as […]