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Hundreds tell San Francisco Police Commission Mario Woodsshooting felt like an execution; community demands arrests and chiefresignation
Summary
At a Dec. 9 Police Commission meeting packed with speakers, family members, clergy and activists called Mario Woodskilling an "execution," demanded release of officer names, suspension or arrest of involved officers, and asked the commission to recommend the chief step down. The commission promised a policy review.
A standing-room-only crowd told the San Francisco Police Commission on Dec. 9 that the killing of Mario Woods felt like an execution and demanded swift accountability from the department and city leaders.
Family members, clergy and activists used the two-minute public-comment period to press the commission to release the names of the officers involved, to suspend them with pay withheld and to refer criminal charges to prosecutors. Archbishop King told the panel, "what we witnessed was an assassination, a hate crime, and straight up murder," and asked the commission to "recommend that the chief step down in a very noble way" if it could not deliver justice.
Several speakers said body-camera footage and other videos must be made…
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