No less than 12 officers were injured in San Francisco early Tuesday when a “hostile crowd” tossed fireworks and glass bottles toward police reacting to a fire in the street after midnight.
The San Francisco Police Department Mission Station shared a video Tuesday stating officers reacted to a big crowd and a fire at 24th Street and Harrison at approximately 12:39 a.m.
The footage revealed a chaotic scene as debris burned in the middle of the intersection, and explosives could be heard going off over the sound of music blaring.
“Officers attempted to disperse the hostile crowd,” SFPD Mission Station tweeted. “Fireworks and glass bottles were thrown at officers. 12 officers were injured as a result.”
Poster Comment:
This is Potrero Hill. Not a good part of town. Mostly Latino.
as non-Hispanic whites (including gays, lesbians, Jews and thousands of homeless people) comprise less than half of the population, 41.9%, down from 92.5% in 1940.
296,505 Asians (33.9%), 46,725 African Americans (5.3%), 86,233 Multiracial Americans (9.9%), 6,475 Native Americans and Alaska Natives (0.7%), 3,476 Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (0.4%) and 73,169 persons of other races (8.4%). There were 136,761 Hispanics or Latinos of any race (15.6%).