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San Francisco police commission hears public outcry after officer-involved shooting of Luis Gongora
Summary
Public commenters demanded transparency and accountability after the April 7 officer-involved shooting of Luis Gongora; the police chief briefed the commission with preliminary officer statements and said multiple investigations are underway.
Public comment at the San Francisco Police Commission meeting on April 7 centered on last week’s officer-involved shooting of Luis (Jose Luis) Gongora and broader demands for transparency and changes to use-of-force practices.
Dozens of residents and advocates addressed the commission during the two-minute public-comment period, urging release of all available evidence and criticising the department’s handling of prior disclosures. One speaker urged the commission to stop treating transparency as a slogan, saying the discovery of additional allegedly racist text messages months earlier should have been disclosed to the public and had undermined trust.
At Item 4 the chief of police provided a preliminary operational account of the April 7 incident. According to his reading of officer interviews and available video, Department of Public Health outreach workers encountered Mr. Gongora and described him as appearing…
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