one of the suspects was 23-year- old xavier pitman. as a plain-clothes officer moved in to make an arrest, they both fell to the ground and the officer shot pitman in the wrist. san francisco police chief bill scott says even the officer apologies. >> the officer asked me to convey through his attorney how badly he feels that this happened. he did not intend for his gun to go off and he apologies to mr. pitman. >> this is xavier pitman's mother. basically my son is disabled for the rest of his life due to your officer accidentally shooting his gun. >> it should not have happened and we are sorry. >> reporter: but not everyone has sympathy for pitman. >> the streets need to be safer and it's not safe. it's about accountability. >> now, police are still looking for the two men that were with pitman. >>> governor newsom unveiled what he's calling the largest relief -- this includes $4 billion in grants, some $100 million to promote efforts to bring tourists back to california and an expansion of an ongoing tax credit for businesses. >> sma

one of the suspects was 23-year- old xavier pitman. as a plain-clothes officer moved in to make an arrest, they both fell to the ground and the officer shot pitman in the wrist. san francisco police chief bill scott says even the officer apologies. >> the officer asked me to convey through his attorney how badly he feels that this happened. he did not intend for his gun to go off and he apologies to mr. pitman. >> this is xavier pitman's mother. basically my son is disabled for the rest of his life due to your officer accidentally shooting his gun. >> it should not have happened and we are sorry. >> reporter: but not everyone has sympathy for pitman. >> the streets need to be safer and it's not safe. it's about accountability. >> now, police are still looking for the two men that were with pitman. >>> governor newsom unveiled what he's calling the largest relief -- this includes $4 billion in grants, some $100 million to promote efforts to bring tourists back to california and an expansion of an ongoing tax credit for businesses. >> sma

the police officer's gun went off shooting xavier pitman in the wrist. >> he did not intend for a gun to go off and he sincerely apologized. >> he says admitting the mistake is hon egsty. he is can give them. >> the shooting remaining under invest gigs, and they no longer will work under cover al training and protocols are reviewed. >>> a sea of red. take a look at this, the state releasing a new drought map today. you can see most of the state including the bay area in red. that is extreme drought. let's forget it to last week, the right side of the screen, this week's nap and the water content of the snow pack is just 7% of what it should be. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri here, and it's going to be getting worse as the months go on. >> a lot of states will go in the exceptional category notch and i will share with you the flash in the sky in a knew minutes. >>> are you hopping on a plane any time soon? tonight we investigate a troubling trend with masks. >>> thousands of people banned from commercial airlines for failure to follow simple covid rules. >>> also, 12 to 15-year-olds

xavier pitman jr. we recognize the dramatic impacts officer-involved shootings can have on our neighbors and communities. to any of our viewers experiencing trauma from this incident or from information or images presented during this town hall, please know that help is available to you. you may contact the san francisco department of public health crisis line at (415) 970-3800 for trauma services. after our presentation, we will allow one hour for public questions and comments. we estimate that this town hall will end at 5:30 p.m. so here's what we'd like to accomplish today. first and foremost, we want to continue to earn your trust and legitimacy by being transparent through this presentation. we will be releasing facts known to us at this time about the incident in a manner that is informative and impartial. i'm departing from our normal town hall protocols and we'll make a statement regarding this incident based on what we know at this time from the evidence and facts of this case including video

also, there has been more recent shootings such as the officer involved shooting of xavier pitman this month. mr. pitman did not have a gun on him just like in high profile shootings and mr. pitman reportedly was already detained when he was shot. the anti-black racism exhibited by the sfpd during and before 2016 and 2015 which prompted the u.s. doj to investigate to this day. use of force and stopped it in 2016. looking at the most recent numbers sfpd's 96a report, black san franciscans are still more than ten times as likely as white san franciscans to be arrested or subject to use of force and more than four times as likely as hispanic san franciscans. this horrific rate of anti-black disparity has not improved in the past seven years. you must keep in mind sf p.d.'s past, racist history is ongoing failure to improve its numbers on racial disparities and its ongoing attacks on unarmed black individuals. thank you. >> thank you, caller. president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: you couldn't hear me. thank you. thank you, public for your comments. sergean

also, there has been more recent shootings such as the officer involved shooting of xavier pitman this month. mr. pitman did not have a gun on him just like in high profile shootings and mr. pitman reportedly was already detained when he was shot. the anti-black racism exhibited by the sfpd during and before 2016 and 2015 which prompted the u.s. doj to investigate to this day. use of force and stopped it in 2016. looking at the most recent numbers sfpd's 96a report, black san franciscans are still more than ten times as likely as white san franciscans to be arrested or subject to use of force and more than four times as likely as hispanic san franciscans. this horrific rate of anti-black disparity has not improved in the past seven years. you must keep in mind sf p.d.'s past, racist history is ongoing failure to improve its numbers on racial disparities and its ongoing attacks on unarmed black individuals. thank you. >> thank you, caller. president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: you couldn't hear me. thank you. thank you, public for your comments. sergean

also, there has been more recent shootings such as the officer involved shooting of xavier pitman this did not have a gun on him just like in high profile shootings and mr. pitman reportedly was already detained when he was shot. the anti-black racism exhibited by the sfpd during and before 2016 and 2015 which prompted the u.s. doj to investigate to this day. use of force and stopped it in 2016. looking at the most recent numbers sfpd's 96a report, black san franciscans are still more than ten times as likely as white san franciscans to be arrested or subject to use of force and more than four times as likely as hispanic san franciscans. this horrific rate of anti-black disparity has not improved in the past seven years. you must keep in mind sf p.d.'s past, racist history is ongoing failure to improve its numbers on racial disparities and its ongoing attacks on unarmed black individuals. thank you. >> thank you, caller. president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: you couldn't hear me. thank you. thank you, public for your comments. sergeant youngblood, plea