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San Francisco Police Commission faces large public outcry over proposal to reintroduce Tasers
Summary
Hundreds of public commenters urged the Police Commission to reject reintroducing electronic control devices, linking the proposal to ongoing concerns about the department's treatment of people of color and calling for independent investigations and expanded crisis-intervention responses.
Hundreds of members of the public used the meeting's public-comment period to press the San Francisco Police Commission to reject a proposal from the Police Department to authorize limited use of electronic control devices, commonly known as Tasers.
Speakers repeatedly tied the debate to the December 2015 killing of Mario Woods and to long-standing complaints of racialized policing. Paulette Brown, whose son was murdered in 2006, said the city must "give us the same justice for our children" and asked why some cases remain unsolved while others receive rapid attention. Multiple speakers cited studies and international human-rights findings they said show Tasers increase harm and do not reliably reduce police shootings.
The commission heard consistent appeals for…
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