The San Francisco district attorney’s office charged a former San Francisco police lieutenant with obstructing a rape investigation on Wednesday. Hours later Curtis Liu was arrested on a felony charge of making a false statement in a police report and two misdemeanor charges of obstructing or delaying a police officer. …
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Just when we thought the San Francisco Police Department might have learned something about sending racist and homophobic texts, SFPD is once again taking heavy fire after it was revealed more texts existed, and more officers were involved. Reports say a criminal investigation has unveiled a series of racist texts …
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Finally, two months after five officers shot and killed 26-year-old black man Mario Woods, the US Department of Justice will launch an investigation into his death. The killing has prompted widespread criticism of the SFPD after cell phone videos surfaced calling into question whether the officers’ use of force was justified. …
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New disturbing details have emerged in the case of California plaintiff Heather Marlowe, who was drugged and raped in 2010. Despite her repeated requests over the course of years, the SFPD failed to test her rape kit — and now they’re being sued as well as the city of San …
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Judge Ernest Goldsmith ruled that the seven officers investigated for the messages they exchanged with their former sergeant (fired and convicted of corruption last year) could not face punishment because the strict one-year statute of limitations had expired. All of the officers will be keeping their jobs. The officers had …
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