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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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