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SFPD arrests suspect in July Mission homicide

A suspect in the July 24 homicide at the 16th Street BART Plaza was arrested on Sunday, the San Francisco Police Department reported today.Luis Rebolledo, a 37-year-old male who is suspected of killing a 20-year-old Black man at the 16th Street BART Plaza in broad-daylight at around 5:30 p.m. on July 24, was arrested at Shaddick Drive in Antioch, the department said.After the July 24 shooting, the victim was taken away by an ambulance with life-threatening injuries and died from gunshot wounds in the hospital. The shooting followed a fight with a crowd of about 20 young people at the BART Plaza, Mission Local reported in July.Rebolledo was transported to San Francisco County Jail and booked at 2:59 a.m. for homicide, carrying a concealed firearm, second degree robbery, and other charges. On Oct. 15, SFPD also arrested Giovanna Ramirez-Hernandez, a […]

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Video of SFPD shooting shows armed suspect at Powell Street BART

The San Francisco Police Department held a town hall meeting Monday showing footage of three officers shooting at an armed suspect after a Sept. 13 chase that ended near the fare gates of the Powell Street BART Station.  Justin Matthew Alderman, 30, was armed and the gun can be seen throughout the video. Released body camera footage by the San Francisco Police Department of Powell Street station shooting involving an allegedly armed man. Sept 23, 2024. Alderman was hit multiple times after being shot by two officers and is in “fair condition,” according to Chief Bill Scott.  The department did not disclose which officers shot Alderman, but it released the names of three officers involved in his pursuit: Colin Ryan, Bartholomew Sullivan and Phong Nguyen. The officers fired, according to acting commander Officer Mark Im, after at least three attempts by officers […]

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SFPD to share body-cam video of woman’s hot dog vending arrest

In response to public outcry over bystander video of police wrestling with a struggling female hot dog vendor, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said on Wednesday that he expects to release the involved officers’ body-worn camera footage. Scott said he saw no wrongdoing by the police after reviewing all the body-worn camera footage from the officers who were involved in a back-and-forth between the woman, who was selling hot dogs near Pier 33, and city workers who were attempting to confiscate her cart. “There is nothing that I saw in this video that officers or anybody else involved did anything other than what they were asked to do, in the way that they were asked to do it,” Scott said before the Police Commission on Wednesday. “I saw nothing that indicated misconduct.” Ana Luisa Casimer Julca, the 25-year-old pregnant woman who was […]

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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 […]

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Black woman slammed into wall after SFPD jaywalking stop files legal claim against city

Christiana Porter, the 34-year-old Black woman who was shoved against a wall by a San Francisco police officer last month, has filed a claim against the city for injuries that left her with a concussion and a separated shoulder, her attorney Treva Stewart said in a press conference on Thursday.The city has 45 days to respond to the claim, which was filed Aug. 12 and alleges excessive force by SFPD officers, according to a press release from the San Francisco NAACP Youth Council. If the city rejects or fails to respond to the claim, Porter can then file a lawsuit. Porter has said she intends to pursue a civil case.Porter was walking down Geary Boulevard on July 29 when SFPD officer Josh McFall stopped her near Second Avenue after she purportedly crossed on a red light. California law prohibits police […]

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