San Fran pigs ? again.. This time it's a 29 yo black woman Jessica Williams...
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http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Officer-involved-shooting-reported-in-SF-s-7720605.php
Woman, 27, fatally shot by police near SF’s Bayview
A San Francisco police sergeant shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who was driving a suspected stolen car Thursday in the southeastern part of the city near the Bayview district, officials said.
The Bayview station sergeant and another officer tried to arrest the woman after spotting the car about 9:45 a.m. at Elmira Street and Shafter Avenue, said Police Chief Greg Suhr. She drove away before the officers could talk to her, but got only 100 feet before crashing into a parked truck, the car getting partially stuck beneath it, witnesses told police.
While the woman was trying to dislodge the car and not complying with police orders, Suhr said, the sergeant fired one shot, striking her.
There was no immediate indication that that woman had been driving at the officers or was armed with a weapon, police said. Aerial video footage from TV news stations showed the car, a white sedan, wedged between a fence on the driver’s side and the back of a utility truck.
Police removed the woman from the car and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation before paramedics arrived, Suhr said. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where she died.
It was the third fatal shooting of a suspect by San Francisco police in the past five months. Previous shootings, particularly the Dec. 2 killing of stabbing suspect Mario Woods in the Bayview, have prompted critics to accuse police of being too quick to use lethal force, especially against suspects who are minorities.
Woods was African American, and Suhr said the woman who was killed Thursday was black. Her name and the names of the officers involved have not been released.
As of noon, the officers had not yet been interviewed or officially placed on leave, police said.
In the wake of the Woods killing and the fatal police shooting in April of Luis Gongora, a homeless man in the Mission District who was allegedly holding a knife, Suhr and Mayor Ed Lee said the city would spend $17.5 million on police reforms that would emphasize de-escalation techniques and officer training.
“This is exactly the kind of thing, with ongoing reforms, that we are trying to avoid,” Suhr said at the shooting scene Thursday.
Lee, at an event in the Castro announcing a neighborhood initiative, said he was concerned about the use of lethal force by police. He called Thursday’s shooting a tragedy and said it made him feel “very uneasy.”
“Obviously, I have to hold the chief accountable for everything the officers do in every circumstance, especially when an officer-involved shooting is the circumstance,” Lee said, responding to a question about whether he’d ask for Suhr’s resignation.
“It’s very tragic to have an individual die in an officer-involved shooting,” he said. “We just need to make sure we’re doing all the right things to prevent that from happening.”
Supervisor Malia Cohen, who represents the district where the shooting occurred, echoed Lee, saying in a statement she was “saddened, deeply troubled and frustrated” by the incident. Cohen said she will request an independent investigation by the civilian-run Office of Citizen Complaints.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/san-franciscos-police-chief-resigns-amid-racial-issues-39242174San Francisco's Police Chief Resigns Amid Racial Issues
San Francisco's police chief resigned Thursday at the request of the mayor hours after an officer fatally shot a young black woman driving a stolen car — the culmination of several racially charged incidents in the past year.
Pressure had been mounting for the resignation of Chief Greg Suhr since December, when five officers fatally shot a young black man carrying a knife. Mayor Ed Lee stood behind the chief then and after it was disclosed in April that three officers had exchanged racist text messages.
The mayor and the chief had announced a series of reform aimed at reducing police shootings. The two also called in the U.S. Department of Justice to review the department's policy and procedures.
The mayor said Thursday that the changes weren't coming fast enough and that he asked for and received Suhr's resignation.
"The progress we've made has been meaningful, but it hasn't been fast enough," Lee said in a brief statement at City Hall. "Not for me, not for Greg."
Suhr resigned a few hours after a sergeant shot and killed a 27-year-old woman as he and another officer tried to pull her out of a stolen car she had crashed into a parked truck.
Suhr said a witness reported that the sergeant fired a single shot while the driver was trying to disengage the stolen car from the wrecked truck. The shooting occurred in the same neighborhood where the five officers shot and killed Mario Woods, a 26-year-old black man carrying a knife.
Video of Woods shooting circulated widely online and led to protests and calls for Suhr's resignation. Pressure mounted in April when three officers were caught exchanging racist and homophobic text messages.
Even then, the chief still enjoyed the backing of the mayor and other community leaders, who said they wanted to give Suhr time to implement the reforms he promised
"Some of the reforms underway might have prevented or clarified today's incident," the mayor said. "We need to turn these plans into actions."
Lee appointed Suhr chief in 2011. He was a 34-year veteran of the department.
The mayor appointed Commander Toney Chapin as acting chief. He is s a 26-year veteran of the department. -
I wanna hear the streets. The cops lie.
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Sigh...
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Turn up!!!
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I'll wait for more facts to come out to reserve any type of judgement, but the use of a Taser seemed appropriate here, especially if the car wasn't in motion and of any immediate danger.
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http://abc7news.com/news/memorial-grows-for-woman-shot-killed-by-sf-police/1348845/MEMORIAL GROWS FOR WOMAN SHOT, KILLED BY SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
Former San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr's resignation came just hours after a deadly police shooting Thursday morning in the city's Bayview District. On Friday, officials identified the victim as 29-year-old Jessica Williams.
Candles and flowers mark the spot where police shot and killed a woman.
Officials say two uniformed officers were conducting a stolen vehicle recovery operation in the Bayview District when the driver of a stolen sedan fled.
She hit a parked truck near the dead end of Elmira Street.
While officers were trying to take the woman into custody, police say she moved the vehicle she was driving in a back and forth motion. One officer fired one shot. The woman died at the hospital.
"It's heartbreaking," said San Francisco resident Leigh Stackpole.
A candlelight vigil was held there Thursday night.
"I just felt the need to come back and pay respects, I'm a mother," said Stackpole.
Stackpole says she wonders if she has children.
"I'm thinking of her family and the trauma," she said.
Graffiti nearby says "Say Her Name." Thursday was national Say Her Name Day - a day meant to uplift stories often unheard.
"There's all these facts that we never really learn about the victims and that's what's really important, is actually who they were as people and their families," said Stackpole.
The officers involved are on administrative leave as an investigation into the fatal shooting continues. -
I've heard at least 5 different versions of what happened with her and the car. Can't trust any of these versions 100% though. ? is murky. At any rate, at least from every story I've heard she didn't deserved to be killed.....
Unless an independent person releases it, I don't even trust police video anymore. -
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/20/latest-fatal-sfpd-shooting-raises-use-of-force-questions/Martin Halloran of the San Francisco Police Officers Association had a different opinion of the use of force.
“Those officer’s lives were in danger, said Halloran. And some are saying ‘Oh, she didn’t have a gun.’ Well, [she was] behind the wheel of a 4,000-pound automobile. That is a weapon if it is going to run over a police officer and ? them.”
The pigs lives were apparently in danger cause of car stuck under a flatbed truck.. Typical Pig Logic... -
I can't ever give them the benefit of the doubt.
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Her last name is Nelson...Not Willams
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Her last name is Nelson...Not Willams
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Every time a cop ? they job up should result in the whole force losing use of they weapons...
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http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Friends-describe-woman-shot-by-police-described-7934527.phpFriends describe woman shot by police as ‘mellow’
The woman who was shot and killed by a police sergeant Thursday was considered a friend to several homeless people on the streets of San Francisco, including one who described her as “a mellow person.”
Friends said 29-year-old Jessica Williams went to Elmira Street near the Bayview district to pick up a friend Thursday, when she was fatally shot while driving what police said was a stolen car.
Williams was described by the city medical examiner’s office only as a resident of the Bay Area. Tamara Aparton, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, said Williams had been in the criminal justice system, but all her convictions were for misdemeanors. Aparton had no detailed information about the cases.
“Nobody knew her quite well,” Aparton said, adding there are no open cases against Williams. “She wasn’t like a frequent flier.”
Those who knew Williams said she was a pleasant person to deal with. The last attorney who worked with Williams said she “did everything they asked of her,” Aparton said. “There was no problem.”
Cylinka Micra, a homeless man, said Williams was a mellow person who tried to keep a low profile. However, when his wife was the victim of an attempted ? inside a tent at a homeless encampment, Williams pulled the attacker off her.
“Nobody else came to my wife’s assistance but her,” Micra said. “I have nothing but good things to say about her.”
On Thursday morning, police said Williams was found in a parked, stolen car and tried to drive away, only to crash into a parked utility vehicle. As she tried to dislodge her car from the other vehicle, police said she would not follow their orders and a sergeant shot her. There was no indication that Williams was driving the car toward officers at the time, police said, adding that no weapon was found with Williams or in the car.
The news that Williams had been shot by police outraged some people in the homeless community. Don Gordon, 45, said he didn’t believe there was a reason for police to shoot Williams, whom he called his “street niece.”
“It was hard to make her mad,” Gordon said. “But I bet she’s mad now about what they did to her.”
“It makes no sense,” Gordon continued. “Why didn’t they shoot the car to stop it from moving? And if she was trying to get away, just let her get away.” -
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SFPD-sergeant-in-fatal-shooting-of-woman-is-7950410.phpSFPD sergeant identified in woman’s fatal shooting
The San Francisco police officer who fatally shot an apparently unarmed woman last week was a sergeant who has been on the force for 15 years, police said Friday.
Sgt. Justin Erb, 45, was identified as the officer who fired a single shot May 19 that killed 29-year-old Jessica Williams. Police officials said Erb and another officer, who has not been identified, suspected Williams of driving a stolen car.
Erb was hired in 2001 and was promoted to sergeant in 2011. He could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
The incident on Elmira Street near the Bayview was the third controversial fatal shooting by San Francisco police in less than six months, and it led to the resignation later that day of Chief Greg Suhr.
Williams was an enigma, friends and relatives said at a vigil Friday night at Third and Palou streets in the Bayview attended by about 50 people. Formerly Jessica Nelson, Williams severed ties in her hometown of Sacramento and moved to San Francisco as a teenager. Williams had five children, who are being raised by a sister, said her cousin Porsche McCullough Bowens.
“She was not a saint, but she never tried to hurt anyone,” McCullough Bowens said. “She loved people and was very carrying. She always wanted to carry other people’s burdens in addition to her own.”
Another cousin, Jakira Brown, flipped through old photos of them together. In one frame, the two girls stand side by side grinning.
“We grew up together, but I really don’t know her now,” Brown said. “When she left Sacramento, she really broke away from the family.”
Much of Williams’ time in San Francisco was spent on the streets, her family said. Tamara Aparton, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, said Williams had been in the criminal justice system, but all her convictions were misdemeanors.
Soon after Nelson’s move to the Bay Area, she met Jennifer Williams, who became her street “mom.” Their bond was so strong that she changed her last name.
“We were her street family,” Jennifer Williams said. “We took care of her, and we loved her so much. She was a strong and talented woman, and a little bit bossy. There’s no reason for her to die the way she did. It’s senseless.”
On Thursday, Mayor Ed Lee told The Chronicle’s editorial board that “there has to be consequences” for the sergeant, adding that “in my view, generally, this was not supposed to happen.”
He did not specify what those consequences might be but said the Police Department needed to have “accountability and discipline.”
Police have said little about what led to the shooting. Before his resignation, Suhr said Williams had driven off as Erb and the officer tried to question her but that she crashed into a utility truck a short distance away. At some point, Erb fired into the vehicle, killing her.
Police said at the time that no weapon had been found on Williams but that they still planned to search the car. They have not said what the results of that search were.
The Police Department limits the circumstances under which officers may shoot at moving vehicles because of the danger to bystanders if the driver is hit. But police have not said whether the car Williams was driving was moving when Erb shot her. -
I'm from San Francisco and there has been an unofficial war on black people for my whole life it seems like.
There ain't even that many black folks left in the city (20% of the population in the mid 90s vs. 3% now). And ? like this happens kinda frequently to whose left behind. -
RIP to her....
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Autopsy-finds-single-police-shot-killed-unarmed-9213844.phpAutopsy finds single police shot killed unarmed SF woman
Jessica Williams, the apparently unarmed woman whose fatal shooting by San Francisco police in May led to the resignation of then-Chief Greg Suhr, died of a single shot to the chest, according to the medical examiner’s autopsy report.
Williams, 29, was in a parked Honda on Elmira Street near the Bayview District on May 19 when a passing patrol car equipped with a roof-mounted license plate scanner identified the car as possibly being stolen.
As Sgt. Justin Erb approached the Honda, it suddenly accelerated forward, crossed the street and hit a parked truck, police said. The car backed up, then hit the truck a second time and became wedged between it and a fence.
Erb “discharged an unknown number of rounds into the vehicle, striking the subject,” the medical examiner’s report said.
Williams was hit in the chest. She also suffered a graze wound on her left forearm, but the medical examiner’s office would not comment on whether that was from a second bullet or from the one that hit her chest.
Police said an initial search of the car did not turn up a gun, and authorities have never elaborated on why Erb opened fire.
Williams, who was African American, was the third victim of a controversial police shooting in less than six months. By the end of the day she was shot, Suhr had submitted his resignation.
William moved to San Francisco as a teenager and, according to the medical examiner’s report, had no fixed residence. The report said her mother in Sacramento told investigators that Williams had “a history of car theft and evading police.”
The report found traces of methamphetamine in her blood, but did not specify whether Williams was intoxicated when she was shot. -
Time for ? to get "turnt up" on pigs in San Francisco, cook them pigs like bacon frying in Crisco.
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I assume her trying to dislodge the white car means she had the car in reverse?
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The cops in America have an escalation of force problem. It's not even just black people saying that. White ex-cops and military officers are saying it. So why is no one in power stepping up to do anything about it? Makes no sense.
