The San Francisco Police Commission is the governing body of the
San Francisco Police Department.
2020 meeting
The Police Commission heard testimony from SFPD Chief Bill Scott about arrests at protests against
police brutality
Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group. It is an extreme form of police misconduct and is a civil rights violation. Police brutality includes, but is not limited to ...
triggered by the
murder of George Floyd
On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's ...
in Minneapolis. The Chief's
testimony
In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter.
Etymology
The words "testimony" and "testify" both derive from the Latin word ''testis'', referring to the notion of a disinterested third-party witness.
...
was contradicted by local
journalists
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,
protesters
A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one.
Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
, and
bystander
Bystander may refer to:
In media
* ''Bystander'' (novel), a 1930 novel by Maxim Gorki
* ''Bystander'' (magazine), was a British weekly tabloid magazine
*''Guilty Bystander'', a 1950 independent film production
* ''Innocent Bystanders'' (film), ...
s.
When public comment was taken on Line Item 1a of the agenda, every single caller asked the commission to abolish the
SFPD. There was not a single dissenter.
Public Comment on Line Item 1a lasted for over 3 hours, wherein the moderator was asked to cut off callers who were addressing Line Item 3, Police Department Budget.
References
External links
Website
San Francisco Police Department
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