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Title: Police gun down man in cold blood for not having busfare.
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Published: Jul 19, 2011
Author: Trent
Post Date: 2011-07-20 01:21:04 by wudidiz
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. People, please make this video viral. This bullshit has to stop. Demand Justice!!! Poster Comment: http://www.ktvu.com/news/28573517/detail.html SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police shot a man in San Francisco's Bayview District early Saturday evening. The man died later that evening from his injuries. The incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. on Third Street and Oakdale Avenue when a 19-year-old man, who was believed to have been carrying a gun, was shot and collapsed on the sidewalk, police said. A police spokesman said the shooting began after two uniformed officers conducted a fare inspection on a Muni light rail vehicle. They detained the man on the platform, but he fled on foot. During the foot pursuit, police said the suspect fired at the officers, and the officers fired back. Witnesses had a different story and said police overreacted. As the man was running he had his hands up in the air, and then hit the ground when he was shot, one witness said. Police maintained that the man had a weapon and they searched the area for the firearm. One bullet casing lay on the street, and police said it came from a gun that did not belong to the police officers. Police said witnesses could have taken the victim’s weapon when the man collapsed, or the suspect could have thrown the gun somewhere during the pursuit. The suspect was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and he later died from those injuries at 7 p.m. The officers were not injured. Within hours of the shooting, an anonymous video popped up on YouTube that showed not only the chaos of the shooting scene, but what the person who posted the video claimed was a silver handgun lying 20-feet from the mortally wounded teenager. In the video, a large crowd that gathered near the scene, along with several police officers who roped off the area. A close look at the lower right corner of the video revealed a shiny object. In the video, a person in a hooded sweatshirt picked it up. Later in the video a person wearing a gray hoodie picked up something that appeared to be a cell phone. Police still haven't found the gun the suspect was said to be firing. The two police officers involved in the shooting were placed on paid administrative leave following the incident. The shooting is being investigated by the homicide detail, the internal affairs officer-involved shooting, the District Attorney's Office and the Office of Citizen Complaints.
"Whatever the truth may be in regards to after-the-fact claims that Kenneth Harding was a murder suspect, it has no relevance to the on-the-spot decision by police to fire (multiple times) on a bus fare scofflaw. Murderers are entitled to a trial, not execution in the streets. This extreme excessive force completely undermines community relations with police, is racially divisive"
Kenneth Harding is still alive in this picture... the officers standing around him did nothing to help him with his injuries.
News Article: http://www.ktvu.com/news/28573517/detail.html
This video was captured at another angle.
July 16, 2011 in San Francisco, CA.
San Francisco Police (SFPD) shoot and killed a man after chasing him for not having bus fare.
The man who was killed by the police, was shot in the neck after being chased for not having his bus fare! The man was shot SIX times by the police.
San Francisco Chief of Police Greg Suhr - (415) 553-1551
San Francisco Police Community Relations Unit - (415) 734-3280
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#1. To: wudidiz (#0)
They usually don't let you on the bus if you don't pay in advance. If he was shooting at the police he was a bad shot. I wonder if the police are starting to take non-issued weapons with them so they can throw them down at crime scenes and say the suspect was shooting at them like the military does on a regular basis in Iraq and Afghanistan.
#2. To: RickyJ, wudidiz (#1)
They've been doing that for years. The Cop slang for it is a "throwaway piece". Usually gotten off some hood they hassled and let go after taking his gun. After all what's the hood going to do? Complain to the cops?
Some metros work on a semi-honor system where you pay for a ticket at a machine but you're free to board with or without a ticket. Enforcement is in the form of unannonuced checks to see if you have your ticket. Fines are such that not buying a ticket is "betting against the house", meaning that you'll pay more in the long run given the odds of getting caught. I guess this kid paid a huge amount for losing that bet. It's already well documented that some police have done this on numerous occasions. Then again, maybe he did have a gun. I obviously wouldn't just take the police word for it that he did, but he may have had one. Plenty of witnesses say he didn't. If the police are telling the truth, it sucks to be them. And if they are lying, it still sucks to be them. I think anyone that is or wants to be a police officer must be certifibly insane.
the article says the cops were doing a fare inspection on a 'muni light rail vehicle'. it's like the metro train here where its an honor system.You buy your ticket & board, then,at random, sheriffs come by & demand to see your ticket.its not a bus.
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Replies to Comment # 1. I wonder if the police are starting to take non-issued weapons with them so they can throw them down at crime scenes and say the suspect was shooting at them like the military does on a regular basis in Iraq and Afghanistan.
#5. To: RickyJ (#1)
They usually don't let you on the bus if you don't pay in advance.
I wonder if the police are starting to take non-issued weapons with them so they can throw them down at crime scenes and say the suspect was shooting at them like the military does on a regular basis in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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