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a kqed investigative report. news coming out of san francisco, the city's embattled police chief stepped down yesterday, hours after the shooting death of a black woman by a san francisco police officer in the bayview district. it was the third officer-involved killing since december and came amid growing calls for chief greg suhr's resignation. mayor ed lee made the announcement yesterday after meeting with suhr. it was an about-face for the mayor, who has long stood by the chief. >> the progress that we've made has been meaningful. but it hasn't been fast enough. not for me, not for greg. and that's why i have asked chief suhr for his resignation. >> the mayor named as acting police chief tony chaplain, deputy chief and a 26-year veteran of the department. joining us is kqed reporter alex emslie. the tension surrounding fatal officer-involved shootings has been going on since last year. why the resignation at this point? >> i think there was a culmination of pressure. there had been a growing call that regardle

♪ >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom."oming up on our program, california billionaire environmentalist tom steyer has a new examable in tgamble in th game. a june measure that would tax all bay area property owners to help protect socoastal regions from rising sea levels. >>> first, the continuing coverage on the controversy surrounding the san francisco police department. this week several san francisco supervisors joined community groups in demanding the chief's remov removal. this comes after months of protests after officer involved shootings and a series of racist and homophobic texts by officers. so the call for the chief's removal is an about face for some of the supervisors. why is that happening now? >> it's been a long time coming with all the protesting after the mario wood shooting in december. at this point, we've had another racist text message scandal come out. we had another officer involved shooting of a man of color in the mission district. and on top of all of that, the blue ribbon panel has released a p

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a kqed investigative report. news coming out of san francisco, the city's embattled police chief stepped down yesterday, hours after the shooting death of a black woman by a san francisco police officer in the bayview district. it was the third officer-involved killing since december and came amid growing calls for chief greg suhr's resignation. mayor ed lee made the announcement yesterday after meeting with suhr. it was an

a kqed investigative report. news coming out of san francisco, the city's embattled police chief stepped down yesterday, hours after the shooting death of a black woman by a san francisco police officer in the bayview district. it was the third officer-involved killing since december and came amid growing calls for chief greg suhr's resignation. mayor ed lee made the announcement yesterday after meeting with suhr. it was an

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