tv SFPD OIS Town Hall SFGTV September 30, 2024 11:30am-1:00pm PDT
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good afternoon. an announcement for asl viewers due to the importance of showing unobstructed videos, we ask that our asl viewers use the webex link provided in the description of the livestream. for viewers who would like this town hall meeting translated, please click on the webex link in the livestream description and click the icon in the bottom left corner to select your preferred language. good afternoon. we're here today for a virtual town hall regarding an officer-involved shooting that occurred on friday, september 13th 2024 at powell street
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station. before proceeding, i'd like to announce to our viewing and listening audience that this town hall is being translated into spanish, cantonese, and american sign language, asl for members of our community who speak those languages without suggesting a premature judgment on the appropriateness of the force used in this incident. today's presentation will include details from an officer-involved shooting incident that injured 30 year old justin matthew alderman in the san francisco police department. we recognize that our sworn duty as law enforcement officers imposes no more solemn obligation on us than to honor and respect the sanctity of human life. we also know that as police officers, we are sometimes required to use force, including deadly force. at times in the performance of our duties. we recognize, too, that officer-involved shootings can have traumatic effects on members of our communities especially for individuals their families, and loved ones who have suffered traumas of
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their own encounters with the criminal justice system, wherever it may be. to any of our viewers experiencing trauma from this incident, or from information or images that we will present during this town hall, please know that help is available to you. you may contact the san francisco department of public health's crisis line at (415) 970-3800 for trauma services. here is what we hope to accomplish today. first and foremost, it is the san francisco police department's aspiration to be a national model of 21st century policing. we work to earn the trust of those we serve by committing to transparency and to the tenets of procedural justice. in this process and in this town hall presentation procedural justice depends on the legitimacy of police as well as our entire criminal justice system. with these town halls, we work to embody the foundational tenets of what procedural justice is all about. we will release the facts known
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to us at this time about this incident. we will try to do so in a manner that is impartial and neutral. we will answer questions from members of the public as well as members of the news media, and we will listen to public feedback. acting commander mark mta will be presenting the facts of this case in a few minutes. but for before turning the floor over to him. however, i want to emphasize that this incident is subject to multiple independent and ongoing investigations. as such, there may be some information we cannot release at this time either because the release of certain information is prohibited by law, or because the release of certain information could compromise an ongoing investigation, or because certain facts have not yet been established with certainty. in other words, we are not able to release unconfirmed information. next acting commander mark m's presentation will include a detailed verbal narrative of the facts as we know them as well
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as audio and video content from the officer involved. shooting incident. sfpd officers who responded to the scene were wearing department issued body worn cameras, which were activated while they were on their way to the incident. consistent with our body worn camera policy department general order 10.11, you will see body worn cameras or bwc video from those officers from multiple perspectives at the san francisco police department. our commitment to full transparency has guided our officer-involved shooting investigations and town halls for several years. for several years now, although our practices predate the enactment of many police transparency and accountability laws in california, we believe our approach has remained consistent with the letter and spirit of reforms implemented by the senate bill 1421 for police transparency and assembly bill 1506 for police accountability. sfpd's commitment to transparency in this process
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will also be reflected in our release of information online. video from this town hall including audio recordings from 911 calls and dispatchers and the video footage i just mentioned will be posted on sfpd's website at san francisco police.org. it will remain available there for public viewing. as a reminder, all of sfpd's governing policies and procedures can also be found on our website. san francisco police department directives mandate that we release the names of officers from officer-involved shootings. unless safety concerns argue against disclosure. in this matter, we identified no safety concerns and acting commander mark m will release the names of the officers as part of his presentation. now, i would like to explain the investigative processes for an officer involved shooting. san francisco has a multi-agency response to officer involved shootings, and each agency's investigation is
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independent. whenever an officer-involved shooting occurs in san francisco involving an on duty san francisco police officer, the following agencies are immediately notified. the sfpd's investigative services detail, or isd, is the unit responsible for investigating the events that led up to the officer involved shooting. the sfpd's internal affairs division, or iad, is responsible for conducting an administrative investigation to determine if the officer or officers responsible for the ois are in compliance with the standards and requirements of sfpd policy. although the investigations of both sfpd units run in parallel, each has a distinct investigative purview and focus. each maintains a strict internal firewall to comply with legal standards and requirements. the san francisco department of police accountability, or dpa conducts an independent administrative investigation. san francisco voters created dpa
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as a successor to the office of citizen complaints with their passage of proposition d in june. in the june 2016 election. dpa investigates all sfpd incidents in which any of our officers discharge a weapon within the course and scope of their duties, and whenever that discharge results in an individual's injury or death. the san francisco district attorney's office, independent investigation bureau, or iib, is responsible for determining the legality of the officer involved shooting. based on their independent investigation and review. the district attorney of the county of san francisco will make the final decision as to whether the involved officer's actions comply with the laws of the state of california. all notified agencies and their investigators and appropriate personnel began their respective independent investigations on this case. finally, i would like to point out that we take community feedback very seriously. based on the feedback
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from prior officer-involved shooting town halls, we will also take questions and answers and answer them to the extent we are able. understanding that this incident remains an ongoing investigation, we will allocate one hour for public comment and questions. thank you very much for joining us today. and now, acting commander mark m. the officer involved shooting or ois discussed in this presentation occurred on friday, september 13th 2024 at approximately 10:34 a.m. the ois was preceded by officers engaged in an soc resolution operation on the 400 block of jessie street. officers on viewed a person sleeping in the driver's seat of a stolen bmw with a silver revolver lying on, in plain view on the front passenger seat. while attempting to detain the subject, he was able to exit the vehicle with the revolver, flee east on jessie street to fifth street,
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enter and exit a liquor store with officers in pursuit the entire time. upon exiting the liquor store, the subject proceeded north on fifth street to the underground powell street station where the ois occurred. in this presentation, you will hear the following police terminology and radio code language commonly used by officers. 916 is a suspicious person in a vehicle. 221 is a person with a gun. 1020 is location. 1030 is a stolen vehicle or wanted person. code 33 is emergency. clear the radio channel. spike strips are tire deflation devices. bolawrap or wrap is issued to members of the specialist team and tactical unit. it is a handheld remote restraint device that discharges an eight foot bola style kevlar tether to temporarily restrain or entangle an individual. 408 is an ambulance. code four is no further assistance required. bwc
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is body worn. camera. dispatch is the department of emergency management dispatcher and radio communications system. irw or extended range impact weapon, is a less lethal force option. officers use this weapon to deploy a projectile, commonly referred to as a beanbag or a 40 foam baton. lirr are designed to temporarily incapacitate an individual. red light is a verbal announcement to other officers of the intent to deploy the. resolution operation is a collaborative city operation with the sfpd and other agencies addressing homelessness and behavioral health issues on the streets of san francisco. the precise chronology of this incident is currently under investigation. we are still in the very early stages of an administrative investigation that can take months to complete, and our understanding
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of the incident may change as additional evidence is collected and reviewed. the timings presented are approximate. the following is a summary of the events as they are understood today, and may evolve as further information is learned through the investigation. as of september 23rd 2024, we believe the facts are as follows. on friday, september 13th 2024, officers were assigned to an soc resolution operation in the sixth street corridor. at approximately 10:18 a.m, while engaged in this operation on the 400 block of jessie street officer number one observed a subject sleeping in the driver's seat of a white bmw with a silver revolver lying in plain view on the front passenger seat next to him. the subject was later identified as justin matthew alderman. officer number one requested a ballistic shield and to have other officers tactically reposition their vehicles to prevent mr. alderman
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from fleeing in the bmw. an unmarked police vehicle was parked in the street and a marked police vehicle was parked directly behind the bmw. officer number one notified dispatch of the situation and asked for additional officers. officer number one requested a record check on the license plate affixed to the rear of the bmw three dispatch. dispatch informed officer number one that the license plate came back clear of criminal wants. upon closer inspection of the bmw officers found another license plate concealed beneath the original license plate they had just checked. a record check was conducted on the concealed license plate. dispatch informed officer number one that the vehicle was 1030. at this time, officer number one requested a code 33. when acting sergeant number one arrived on the scene, officer number one informed him of the situation. an officer parked an additional marked
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police vehicle on the sidewalk in front of the bmw to prevent mr. alderman from driving onto the sidewalk and escaping. officers staged behind the marked police vehicle, which was parked behind the bmw, and discussed a plan to order mr. alderman out of the vehicle. additional officers arrived on the scene and a spike strip was deployed in front of the right rear tire of the bmw. acting sergeant number one briefed the additional officers on the plan during the briefing. one officer was designated to give commands and an arrest team was formed utilizing a police vehicles p.a. system. mr. alderman was given commands to exit the vehicle keep his hands up and to not reach for anything. these commands were repeated for approximately three minutes. mr. alderman opened both of the right side passenger doors, and as he looked at the officers, he exited the bmw through the front door with the revolver. mr. alderman then turned around and
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proceeded to walk eastbound on jesse street. officers yelled out, quote, hands up, hands up! he's got the gun! officers broadcasted that mr. alderman was headed towards mint plaza. mr. alderman proceeded down jesse street into mint plaza and jogged past several officers and san francisco sheriff's deputies. that were taking cover at jesse street and mint officer number two yelled out, quote, drop the gun, drop the gun! mr. alderman ignored his commands and kept walking with the revolver in his right hand pointed in the pavement as mr. alderman proceeded eastbound through mint plaza. officer number two followed him and gave several commands, along with other pursuing officers and deputies. those commands included. quote hey, do not point it. put it down and put the gun down. these commands were given several times as mr. alderman reached fifth street, he turned left and proceeded to walk northbound on fifth street. when officer number two reached
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the corner, he announced for other officers to hold, as mr. alderman had stopped in the doorway of a business located on that corner. mr. alderman paused there for a moment, and then ran northbound on fifth street into a liquor store. an employee of the liquor store quickly exited and informed numerous arriving officers that mr. alderman had run into the store and hid behind the front counter. the employee told the officers that there was no one else in the store, and that there was no other way out. acting sergeant number one started formulating a plan and began implementing it. a ballistic shield was already in place, and two marked police vehicles were to be positioned to triangulate on the liquor store. acting sergeant number one was also directing officers to shut down the street, utilizing the p.a. system. the marked police vehicle and officer started to make announcements. quote. hey, suspect inside, come out with your hands up. please come out with your hands up. as mr.
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alderman exited the business after approximately 1.5 minutes officers yelled out, quote, keep your hands up! mr. alderman ignored the commands kept his right hand at his waistband, and proceeded to walk northbound on fifth street. as numerous officers followed, mr. alderman, acting sergeant number one approached mr. alderman from the rear and activated his department, issued bolawrap unsuccessfully as mr. alderman continued walking northbound. officers requested air as they continued to follow. mr. alderman. officer number three ordered mr. alderman to quote get your hands out of your pocket or you're going to get shot. while mr. alderman made his way through jesse street, mint plaza and fifth street, officers diverted as many innocent bystanders out of his path as possible. however numerous other bystanders were caught in the fluid situation and were forced to hide and or take cover. when mr. alderman
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reached market street, he ran northbound across the cable car towards the cable car turnaround located at powell and market street, where there were numerous people walking around and waiting in line for the cable car. mr. alderman proceeded down the powell street station escalator and entered the concourse level, a major transportation hub that had numerous people walking about. numerous officers and deputies pursued mr. alderman down the escalator. as sergeant number three entered powell street station, he looked to his left and saw mr. alderman hiding in a dark corner. mr. alderman was holding the revolver in his right hand, which was pointed at the ground. mr. alderman walked southbound through the concourse while being given commands to put the gun down. while being told to put the gun down. mr. alderman transferred the revolver to his left hand, and then pointed his right index finger toward sergeant number three. mr. alderman was given additional commands to by numerous officers as he continued to walk southbound
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through the concourse. acting sergeant number one yelled quote, wrap, wrap, wrap, wrap! indicating that he intended to activate the bolawrap. sergeant number one then activated the bolawrap a second time. immediately after the bolawrap was activated. mr. alderman turned around and faced the officers briefly. mr. alderman turned back around, took a couple of steps, stopped, and then started to remove the bolawrap from his legs. when mr. alderman turned around to face the officers, he turned the revolver in the direction of acting sergeant number one and other numerous officers. as this situation unfolded some bystanders were trapped and forced to cower down next to whatever was available. as mr. alderman was attempting to remove the bolawrap acting sergeant number one again yelled, quote, wrap, wrap, wrap and activated the bolawrap a third time. mr. alderman continued to walk southbound through the concourse towards
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the staircase escalator leading to market street. this staircase is located adjacent to san francisco center mall. while numerous officers followed mr. alderman directly into powell street station officer number four in plainclothes, officer number one arrived on the scene and proceeded to the south side staircase. officer number four and plainclothes officer number one ran down the stairs to enter powell street station. shortly after, mr. alderman walked around the corner to access the staircase escalator. mr. alderman had the revolver in his right hand, and was in the process of raising his right arm in an upward motion as he walked towards the staircase. as officer number four retreated backwards up the staircase, he discharged his department issued firearm. plainclothes officer number one deployed less lethal rounds from his right. when mr. alderman spun away from officer number four and plainclothes officer number one direction, he turned the revolver in the
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direction of numerous officers that had been following him through the concourse. officers number two and number three discharged their department, issued firearms. mr. alderman fell to the ground and dropped the revolver. a team of officers approached. mr. alderman placed him into custody immediately secured the revolver and rendered aid. the san francisco fire department medics responded and transported mr. alderman to a local hospital, where he was treated for his injuries. the suspect in this incident is justin mathew alderman and his date of birth is august 30th, 1994. crime scene investigators from the san francisco police department forensic services division responded and collected physical evidence from the scene, including but not limited to, the following a loaded revolver containing five unfired cartridges and one fired cartridge casing, 1440 caliber fire cartridge casings, three
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supersoft bean bags from the era, three eaw casings and two bolawrap kevlar tethers. officers on scene were wearing department issued body worn cameras, which were activated while en route to the incident, and recorded the events as they unfolded. the independent investigation bureau, or iib is an independent unit within the san francisco district attorney's office that investigates and reviews all officer-involved shootings. any relevant video footage or photographs can be provided to iib by calling (628) 652-4420, or by email at sfda. hyphen iib at sf gov.org. witnesses and victims are encouraged to call iib at (628) 652-4420. the sfpd
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officers who discharged their firearms in this incident are all patrol officers assigned to tenderloin station officer colin ryan, officer phong nguyen and officer bartholomew sullivan. sullivan all the officers that discharged their firearms completed critical mindset coordinated response, or cmc training. cmc is a 20 hour california post certified training course developed by the san francisco police department's field tactics force options unit. this course addresses high risk situations encountered by officers out in the field. training objectives include critical decision making during high risk incidents. officers gain a deeper understanding of how to resolve these incidents with a coordinated and tactically sound approach. using teamwork and leadership. today's presentation is provided in a multimedia format in an effort to provide a transparent and comprehensive perspective of this incident. the sfpd will provide audio from
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dem dispatch surveillance video footage, bwc footage, crime scene investigation photos, maps, and related visual aids. our presentation today consists of relevant known video and audio at this time, but it is not intended to provide all photos, videos or testimonial information related to this investigation. i will now provide a presentation of this incident using these multimedia sources as select points to increase the clarity for viewers. certain videos have been enhanced and slowed down to allow for a better understanding of this incident. please note that this presentation, the enhanced videos and the unedited videos will all be available on the sfpd website immediately following this town hall event. sfpd policies can also be located on the sfpd website. prior to the beginning of each segment, i will provide a brief
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description to orient the viewer to the time, place, and location of the content about to be shown. you're about to see relevant video footage and learn about other evidence related to this case, so you can have a better understanding of what occurred based upon what we know right now. a word of caution. the images and information you are about to see and hear may be disturbing. when a police officer uses force to arrest a suspect or defend against attack. the images are graphic and may be difficult to watch. in addition, there may be strong language used by those in the video. viewer discretion is advised, especially for young children and sensitive viewers. we encourage those in need of support to contact the san francisco department of public health. crisis at (415) 970-3800.
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sfpd officers assigned to an soc resolution operation on the 400 block of jessie street saw a person sleeping in a vehicle and observed a firearm in plain view on the passenger seat of the vehicle. we will now play the audio of the radio broadcast provided by the san francisco department of emergency management. to show up at six on a nine boy king is occupied by one person. there's a 221 on the seat. can we get a needed assistance from 10 to 1? whoever it is 710 for? what was the ten 2010, between, on jessie? between 6 and 12? i think it is three x ray. 78. i can't get the information for the plate of nine. boy yes, sir. it's going to be 2006 bmw. looks like kern ridge. there's a second toyota. can i get the information for nine? henry yeah, that one is
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coming back. 1030 to 2007. bmw 328 four door. copy do you need a code 33? do you have the guy in cuffs? yeah. right now he's in the driver's seat. code 33 please. 1034 x 37 eight on a 221 1030. vehicle jesse and plaza. one subject aboard. used to grab spikes in. we will now show a geographical map of jesse street to illustrate the general area where the suspect was initially located. as well as its location relative to where the ois occurred at the powell street station. the map will show a google satellite perspective as well as a google earth view.
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we will now show bwc footage as well as surveillance footage from security cameras. i will introduce each video prior to playing it. bwc footage was captured from department issued body worn cameras worn by officers at the time of the event. portions of these videos have been blurred to protect the privacy of third parties. the first 30s of bwc footage does not contain audio. the camera has a buffering system that captures 30s of video footage prior to the officer's activation of it. when activated by the officer, the camera records both audio and video. timestamps displayed on bwc footage are in coordinated universal time or utc. we are now going to play bwc footage from officer number one, who was
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assigned to the soc resolution operation. officer number one observed the suspect asleep in the front seat of the vehicle and saw a firearm in plain view on the front passenger seat of the vehicle. 1283. hey dale. dale. hey dale. dale monteiro. dale monteiro. dale shield. shield. shield. now oh! lock it in. maybe hey! lock
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it. there's a plate under this one too. read. everyone's read. yeah. read hey, dale. dale! bring the car right here. 42. how many in there? 78. yeah. can you show us that? jesse? in six on a nine. boy. king henry. six. seven. one. it's occupied by one person. there's a 221 on the seat. can we get another unit to assist us? lieutenant one, whoever it is. between on jesse between six and, mint plaza. i think it is right. we are now going to play an enhanced version of the bwc footage we
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just viewed, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the firearm on the front seat of the vehicle. we are now going to play bwc footage from sergeant number two showing officers developing a plan to take the suspect into custody. now, if you'll note that that door is unlocked, so we'll have noisy fucking, 19 we were dealing with. they were alerted to that car right there, and
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they went up to the car, 221. right on the front seat. right. there's only one dude in there. 221 he's asleep. we're good. yeah. he's asleep. looks like a 4400 block of janet yellen got here, like a couple of minutes. are we going to. what are we gonna do? ohlone! stop him! call him out. i think we call him out. what do you think? yeah, that sounds good. he's blocked in right? somebody get on the fema. you want me to pull him? we're good now. hey! get these. which cars did you middle car. i guess i was on this side. hey hey, hey. one problem. hey. we're him to exit the car. he has to go past the gun. okay. you want me to get my car out of the way? no, i'm just thinking out loud. all right, hold on. before we start anything. yeah. one voice. so who's going to give commands? i have, this car is going to do it. okay. and where are you guys going to have them come to? and who's going to be arresting? who's going to be hands, we need two arrest teams shielded right there. right here. we got spikes up there yet
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or. no. yeah. spikes are underneath the wheels. okay. yeah. we have a lock box there. box there. so you don't have to get out that the passenger side. the passenger side. and then remind him. do not. together. so i mean that's what we have. john 116. copy. yeah. i'm here. hey. we're going to be calling the occupant out shortly. chris can you open the trunk? where's nate? right here. he was just. hey, dan. hey. so since the 221 is on the front seat i'm going to on the back of my car from the driver's seat. it's on the passenger seat. passenger front passenger seat. maybe i just shoot up a little bit more. just to the spikes already there anyways, right? yeah. no, i would, i would just do it as we're doing it. okay. right. you know what i'm saying? like all right. you guys set? okay chris, you're calling it. yeah other way, you other way. why are you. the only thing is calling him out? yeah i'm on the
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passenger side at this point. looks like he can squeeze himself out of there. you want him crawling over the gun to come out? i mean, if you could squeeze out, he could squeeze out, right? yeah. we'll start that way. yeah. all right. go that way. walk that way. not that hard. we're listening. we're obviously in the middle of something. what can we. john 116. we have sufficient units on scene. if anybody else is coming could they go to fifth and jesse for pedestrian control? yeah police department. there's a white bmw. put your hands up on the driver's side. jesse for additional control, the driver of the white bmw. put your hands up and come out the driver side. you're not reading anything in the car. keep your hands up.
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open the driver door and exit the vehicle. now yes. we are now going to play bwc footage of the suspect exiting the vehicle and walking away. put your hands out. put your hands down. hands down! two occupants or what? hands! hands up! hands up! hands up! hey hey! he's got the gun. he's got the gun. he's got the gun. you got the gun. he's got the gun. hey, i got the radio. i got the radio. i got the radio. he's running. other occupants exit the vehicle now. we are now going to play bwc footage of the suspect going through mint plaza and into a liquor store on fifth street.
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hands. hands. hey! drop the gun! drop the gun! under. the jacket. under. hey! do not point it. put it down. put the gun down. put the gun down. fbi is on the ground. put the gun down. down on the sidewalk. put it down! walking towards fifth street. stop! put it down! drop the gun. did you guys. put it down! drop the gun! drop the gun! hold on hold on. he's in the doorway. he's running. he just walked into a liquor store. northbound
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walking to a. hold it, hold it hold it right there. we're on 48 sixth street. 48 sixth street. units in the area. what's the address? somebody shut down the market at this. we're now going to play an enhanced version of the bwc footage we just viewed, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the firearm in the suspect's hand. hands. hands. hey! drop the gun! drop the gun! put the gun down.
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put the gun down. fbi continuing eastbound. we are now going to play bwc footage of the suspect leaving the liquor store in this video. you will hear a loud bang which is from the first activation of the bolawrap. as it should be handling shutting down the street. hey hey hey hey. come out with your hands up! put your hands up! keep your hands. hey! hands up! coming out of the door! damn hey! hold on! hey, hey! hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold not. hey! get cover, get cover! stay behind! cover. all 35. hold the air!
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he's walking northbound. market street north down fifth. north market east sidewalk. we're now. we are now going to play bwc footage of acting sergeant number one activating the bolawrap at the suspect for the first time. hold on. hey, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. take cover, take cover. hey, it's a bolawrap. hey, who has the w down here? hey, give me that shield! i'm a bolawrap. his legs. drop it! hey, hey, somebody get a market! please stop! we are now going to play bwc footage
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from sergeant number three, showing the suspect running into the powell street station. this footage also shows acting sergeant. number one, activate the bolawrap device. two more times. shamann all right. morning, north. donald hall down in the park. gun in his hand. gun in his right hand. drop the fucking gun! get down! put the fucking gun down! put the fucking gun down! no more. drop the fucking gun dude! stop playing. drop the gun! drop the gun! gun gun! drop the gun. drop the gun. drop the gun. drop the gun. drop the gun. drop the gun. drop the gun! he's gonna go back
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up. he's gone. we are now going to play an enhanced version of the bwc footage we just viewed, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the firearm in the suspect's hand. morning, donald. hall. come in. right here. gun in his right hand. drop the fucking gun! put the fucking gun down!
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moving the gun from his right hand to his left hand and pointing his index right index finger towards sergeant number three. we are now going to play an enhanced version of the surveillance footage we just viewed, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the firearm in the suspect's hand.
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we are now going to play bwc footage from acting sergeant number one, showing him activating the bolawrap device a second and third time. hey hey hey, wait, wait! watch out! throw the fucking gun! stop playing! hey! wrap wrap wrap wrap. stay away with the gun. drop the gun! drop the gun! drop the gun. wrap. wrap. wrap. wrap. drop the gun. get up! we are now going to play bwc footage from plainclothes officer number one, showing him deploying an a.w. and officer number four discharging his firearm. not
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shot. put down. shutting down. board. sit down here. let me grab the iaw. right here. put your. we are now going to play bwc footage from officer number four, who discharged his firearm at the beginning of the video. there is a bang which is heard which is from the third activation of the bolawrap. shooting number. let's go down here. let me grab the uniform.
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hey. shots fired up! shots fired! we are now going to show bwc footage showing the suspect's firearm on the ground. after the ois occurred. and going for at least one shot fired. hey shots fired. hey, hey hey. don't leave, don't leave! this way. with me. what do you got? we are now going to play an enhanced version of the bwc footage. we just viewed, which has also been slowed down. the enhancements highlight the
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where's the shot? oh let's check him. roll over. roll over here. i can't run over oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. oh, i think just hear him. what leg? leg 2000. oh, yeah. csi photos. this photo shows an overview of the scene. this photo shows a close up view of where the ois occurred. this photo shows a bolawrap kevlar
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tether that was discharged during the incident. this photo shows two beanbag rounds that were deployed at the suspect. this photo shows the suspect's firearm. this photo shows five unfired and one fired cartridge that were loaded in the suspect's firearm. this photo shows the department issued firearm used by officer number four. this photo shows the department issued firearm used by officer number two. this photo shows the department issued firearm used by officer number three. this concludes my presentation. i will now introduce the commanding officer
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of tenderloin police station. acting captain daniel manning. good afternoon. my name is daniel manning, and i am the acting captain of tenderloin station. this officer-involved shooting involved an armed gunman who was first encountered in a stolen vehicle parked on jessie street. officers attempted to arrest the individual peacefully, but he fled from them with a gun in his hand. the officers involved used time, distance, less lethal devices and their training to attempt to arrest this individual without using force but he refused all commands and continued to flee from them ul courage pursuing this armed individual under challenging conditions in our crowded downtown area. the officers from tenderloin station in soc saturated the area and were responding to dozens of complaints that i received regarding the unsafe conditions on jessie street in the south of market. i received calls daily
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regarding drug dealing, drug usage, and other serious crimes from the businesses, merchants and residents. in this area, specifically, the establishments on mint plaza. the sfpd is fully aware of the ongoing issues affecting this area, and i will continue to collaborate with our city partners to make sure we address and resolve them. i take all these complaints and requests seriously and welcome an open dialog with the people affected by these conditions and by the officer involved. shooting i ask our officers daily to be proactive and to respond to dangerous situations, and they consistently rise to the challenge. the safety of the public as well as the officers. under my command are of the utmost importance, and i am always open to feedback if there are any concerns about how this incident was handled, please let me know. and if you would like to speak with me in person, please come to the tenderloin station community meeting on september 24th at 6 p.m. at
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could you repeat your question? caller yeah, can you clarify where on the suspect's body he was shot? where his bullet wounds were? caller we don't put the injuries of, due to privacy concerns of patients out to the public, but the person is in fair condition, non-life threatening injuries. we can release that information, but not specifically what the injuries are. thank you. thank you. so we have one call fox news. now, i am sorry. is there? ready at this time, we have no
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remind you, everything that has been released today will also be available online on our website. as san francisco police dot org. the officers are officer colin ryan, officer phong nguyen and officer bartholomew sullivan. thank you. caller. at this time, we have no callers in the queue. the public comment, the public comment line will remain open for two minutes before we conclude this town hall meeting.
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i'd like to thank our almost 300 viewers who joined us this afternoon, and also thank our callers for calling, again, we are committed to transparency to openness, and with no other callers in the queue, this concludes today's town hall meeting. please stay safe. thank you >> you are watching san francisco rising. [music] today's special guest is mano raju. hi. i'm chris and you are watching
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san francisco rising the show about restarting and rebuilding and reimagineings our city. our guest is mano raju san francisco's public defender great you could be here. actual at this time us about yourself how you became the public defend and why it is important to provide legal representtation to people that can't afford council. >> i started in contra costa county graduated from berkeley and a liven deputy for you a number of years special jeff recruited me to san francisco the former elected public defender of san francisco and i began as a line department here and then asked me to be training direct and the managers of the felony unit the unit most serious case. after he passed away, i was appointed to be the public
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defend and electd and recently reelected. but you know what i think about what you know the story of public to the office i like to start with my parents. they come from a farming village in india and dad was the first in family to finish high school. there were a couple people in his village who saw him and encouraged his parentses to pursue studies and move in the country when i think of what public defenders dot most person thing is to see our clients so than i can hopefully realize their full potential that is important to me and to our office and the cult usual of our office. >> you know the right to a public defender was developed in 1963 in gideon case ensuring the right to a public defender. we take this very seriously in our office. my vision is that anyone in our office should be representing the people represent the same way they want their love 1s to
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representd and people think if you have a public defender representing you in san francisco you will bet better than a private attorney. we will leave no stone unturned no motion unfiled and try to perform the highest level for clients >> that's fantastic >> often when people think public defenders they jump to the idea of somebody defending somebody in court your office does more than courtroom representation. >> i'm an elected public dem felonieder i campaigned on that it is important we break the mold of what is public for our office on accomplish. fiercely defending is the core of what we do and that will never go, way. as the only elected public defender there is an elected da and sheriff in every county. in the state but one elected public defender. it is important our office
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pushed envelope and engage in the national and state wide and local policy that will impact community how public safety and our clients. we have local policy directors, state policy director. we are active in sacramento in trying to make the law change in order to be more humane system for our clients. we are believer in advocating for community power. we have two 501c3's in bayview and fillmore that are be more magic under the umbrelast public defender's office. these are youth empowerment organizations that do programming throughout the summers. which back pack give ways to kid school sflois start the school year and believe engaging youth will prevent them from become clients. and put people on the path to thrive. we have a program, end of cycle
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program. culturally competent social workers going to the jails and finding out what the individual needs. we'll fight for their best legal outcome in the case. and the position of trust the fifth amendment protects the conversations that our clients can have with us. we can use that to really encourage a trusting rep and telling us what they need and be frank and connect that individual with the substance abuse or mentor or housing or employment and educational opportunities hamp that individual needs to thrive and reach their full potential. that is another piece behalf we do. 17 units across our department and you know we take collaborating across units something we try to do every tail to meet our mission, vision and values >>. a part is ensuring recidivism does not reoccur
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>> of course the left thing we want to see is a client to return to be a client again. we work intentionally from the moment we start representing a client with our skilled staff and other members of our team to try to figure out what is that future going to be for the client when they leave our care? >> now, some critics argue public defenders have a heavy case load. how is your office mechanicing this and what issues are most important to you. why we have a heavy case load. unfortunately, this is a problem across the country public defenders are not funds equal low to da offices our fund suggest 61% of the da office. and the police department has 14 time the our budget. and there is the sheriff's department and any time the entities are detaining our cloinlt in i way it is up to us to defend this is manage we are
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working on locally. and alsoination wide to change that. we need more staff and every wing of our office. the logo is greater than one. so we know that we need to be greater twhoon individual in the office and use our teams effectively and strategically and skillfully and put in more hours to make sure we reveal truth and make justice happen in courtrooms. greater than one also symbolizes the fact we are collaborating with other communities organizations to try to support and help our client and move policies that will help our clients. an example of this is the pretextual stop campaign we collaborated with 110 organizations throughout the city to convince the police commission to pass the general order that stops some of the stops traffic stops for things that don't impact public safety
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and lead to often con41ational interactions with the police and civil yens and. we wanted to minimize that mostly the shootings we read about and the the violence of inneraction gets in car and tragic occurrence that can happen. by collaborating we can be powerful than the sheer numbers in our organization. >> sure. so you know like cities cross the country san francisco struggling with fentanyl and homelessness how can our office contribute to help mitigate or solve those problems? >> one thing we can do, again often times with community based organizations; is to really try and figure out how we address the demand. you know. treatment on demand. again. finding people opportunity with housing or employment opportunity. you know mitigation or just any
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form of counciling that helps people. move in more positive direction in a way more inv oppose to co hearsive. now we don't have enough beds for everyone who needs that intensive treatment. contributing to staffers to get more funding for people to get treatment they need. because the reality is there will always be someone to fill the need. we work on the demand which evidence based there was fee of dealing with addiction will move in a more positive direction. >> then, finally, what else would you like residents of san francisco to know about you and your office? >> i think what i like the san francisco residents to know is how muchow important it is that the public defender be aggressive. right now we had a huge backlog of cases in san francisco.
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there were over a housand passed the last day. a right to a speedy try and have case passed the last day. we had to plaintiff and against the court t. is important this we have an independent public defend 30 is willing to do that. and we got a good decision from the court of appeal and now the courts move quick and are honoring this and the effort from policy team to 850 bryant the courthouse is to draw attention to this issue it is important we have an aggressive public defender. had someone gets convicted for something they did not do it impacts their family. clients are greater than one, it is important we fierce low defend. the same time because when someone gets convicted of something they did not do they
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are less likely to access the j.w. they need for stability or housing and then will impability a lot of people and lead to more issues on the streets and affect public safety. also to realize we are a public safety organization. we have social workers and take this social worker mentality or support facilitative prop and get cloinlts to a better place. when our clients get to a better place we are all safer >> thank you mr. raju. we appreciate the work. thank you for your interest in the development. you know i wanted to say if anyone wants to know more about a lot of the initiatives and unit in our department they can go to you tube we have a dairy defender series. and people should look at that to learn more about the different units. also we talked about the dibilltating impact of
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convictions we have a clean slate program exsponging hundreds of records every year. and people can go to our website sfpublicdefender. org and move their live in a positive direction >> thank you very much. >> thank you >> that's it for this episode we will be back shortly for government government i'm chris manners t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
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>> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901 in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not
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a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is
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that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect woman i consider all women's who work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really
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off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female here i fell in love i love setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the lamb and that's how i got here today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure.
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>> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said this is a very difficult business it is a constant struggle to maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal you need a good attitude and the jobs on the bottom you take care of all the produce and the fish and computer ferry terminal and work your way up employing people with a passion for this and empowering them to learn
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>> hello, and thank you to the san francisco league of women voters forviting me today. my name is aaron peskin the president of the san francisco board of supervisors and running to be the next mayor of the city. i love san francisco spent most of my adult life working to make it better. i fought to secure hundreds of millions of dollars for affordable housing, pass rent protection laws
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