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Protesters tell San Francisco Police Commission they will not leave; commission, chief pledge safety steps
Summary
Dozens of speakers—many associated with Occupy San Francisco and families of victims—told the Police Commission on Oct. 19 that recent police raids were unlawful and violent. Chief of Police defended department actions as safety-driven and said the city has distributed written notices and put sanitation measures in place.
Dozens of residents and Occupy San Francisco activists pressed the San Francisco Police Commission on Oct. 19 about recent raids and alleged police brutality, telling commissioners the encampment will remain and demanding accountability.
At a packed public-comment period, speakers described what they said were unlawful arrests and force during police actions the previous weekend. "We're not leaving," Christopher Ray of Occupy SF said during his remarks. Danica Chapman, who identified herself as the mother of Kenneth Harding Jr., who died in July after a police encounter, said advocates who speak out for her son have been repeatedly targeted: "We're here. We're not going nowhere," she said.
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