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Public tells commission officers used slur; OCC says complaints filed and investigation will follow
Summary
Two members of the public told the Police Commission they filed OCC complaints alleging officers used an anti‑gay slur during a February stop; the OCC directed a senior investigator to follow up and said such slurs are taken as seriously as other derogatory language.
Two people who attended the May 6 Police Commission meeting said they had filed complaints with the Office of Citizen Complaints alleging that San Francisco officers used anti‑gay language while failing to apprehend teenage subjects.
Eric Newcomer, who identified himself as a Bay Area native, described an incident on Feb. 12 near Hyde and Eddy in which officers pursued three teenagers but…
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