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Families and advocacy groups demand independent investigations after two recent shootings; Board hears calls but takes no immediate action
Summary
Multiple community members and advocacy organizations urged the Board to launch independent investigations and consider a civilian review board after the fatal shootings of Kenneth Harding and Charles Hill; speakers pressed for prosecution where warranted and for the end of a police 'occupation' in Bayview-Hunters Point.
Dozens of community members, union representatives and civil‑rights advocates used the Board's public comment period to demand independent, outside investigations into two recent shootings — of Kenneth Harding and Charles Hill — and to press for prosecutions and reforms to police oversight.
Speakers included representatives of October 22, the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, the Coalition to Stop Police Brutality and other neighborhood activists. Roger Scott of AFT 2121 told the board the union "supports the…
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