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4/15 CHP-SF Police Helicopter Terrorizes Mission & Bayview
The San Francisco Police and California Highway Patrol proudly announced that they used a helicopter and at least 25 people to arrest 7 people for drunk driving (4 arrests) and a convicted felon for possessing a bullet proof vest as they terrorized the workingclass communities of the Mission and Bayview districts of San Francisco on April 15, 2005 in Operation Impact.
The San Francisco Police and California Highway Patrol proudly announced that they used a helicopter and at least 25 people to arrest 7 people for drunk driving (4 arrests) and a convicted felon for possessing a bullet proof vest as they terrorized the workingclass communities of the Mission and Bayview districts of San Francisco on April 15, 2005 in Operation Impact.
See San Francisco Examiner, 4/17/05 at:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/20050418_ne03_chp.txt
This is an outrageous waste of our tax dollars and of oil and is absolutely ludicrous for the intended effort to apprehend 7 people, mostly for drunk driving! The police also issued 40 citations. There is absolutely no need for a helicopter for any of this.
It is glaringly obvious that the biggest gang is the police, aided by the Board of Supervisors. Instead of cutting social services, they should cut the police department budget to zero and give all that money wasted on the police to social services. Keep in mind each of the 2200 police receives at least $80,000 a year plus benefits. Many receive much more than $80,000 a year in salary. They are all not worth two cents.
Call the Board of Supervisors and complain to all 11 of them at:
See: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7271
Michela Alioto-Pier
District 2
(415) 554-7752
Michela.Alioto-Pier [at] sfgov.org
Tom Ammiano
District 9
(415) 554-5144
Tom.Ammiano [at] sfgov.org
Chris Daly
District 6
(415) 554-7970
Chris.Daly [at] sfgov.org
Bevan Dufty
District 8
(415) 554-6968
Bevan.Dufty [at] sfgov.org
Sean Elsbernd
District 7
(415) 554-6516
Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Fiona Ma
District 4
(415) 554-7460
Fiona.Ma [at] sfgov.org
Sophie Maxwell
District 10
(415) 554-7670
Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org
Jake McGoldrick
District 1
(415) 554-7410
Jake.McGoldrick [at] sfgov.org
Ross Mirkarimi
District 5
(415) 554-7630
Ross.Mirkarimi [at] sfgov.org
Aaron Peskin - Board President
District 3
(415) 554-7450
Aaron.Peskin [at] sfgov.org
Gerardo Sandoval
District 11
(415) 554-6975
Gerardo.Sandoval [at] sfgov.org
See San Francisco Examiner, 4/17/05 at:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/20050418_ne03_chp.txt
This is an outrageous waste of our tax dollars and of oil and is absolutely ludicrous for the intended effort to apprehend 7 people, mostly for drunk driving! The police also issued 40 citations. There is absolutely no need for a helicopter for any of this.
It is glaringly obvious that the biggest gang is the police, aided by the Board of Supervisors. Instead of cutting social services, they should cut the police department budget to zero and give all that money wasted on the police to social services. Keep in mind each of the 2200 police receives at least $80,000 a year plus benefits. Many receive much more than $80,000 a year in salary. They are all not worth two cents.
Call the Board of Supervisors and complain to all 11 of them at:
See: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7271
Michela Alioto-Pier
District 2
(415) 554-7752
Michela.Alioto-Pier [at] sfgov.org
Tom Ammiano
District 9
(415) 554-5144
Tom.Ammiano [at] sfgov.org
Chris Daly
District 6
(415) 554-7970
Chris.Daly [at] sfgov.org
Bevan Dufty
District 8
(415) 554-6968
Bevan.Dufty [at] sfgov.org
Sean Elsbernd
District 7
(415) 554-6516
Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Fiona Ma
District 4
(415) 554-7460
Fiona.Ma [at] sfgov.org
Sophie Maxwell
District 10
(415) 554-7670
Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org
Jake McGoldrick
District 1
(415) 554-7410
Jake.McGoldrick [at] sfgov.org
Ross Mirkarimi
District 5
(415) 554-7630
Ross.Mirkarimi [at] sfgov.org
Aaron Peskin - Board President
District 3
(415) 554-7450
Aaron.Peskin [at] sfgov.org
Gerardo Sandoval
District 11
(415) 554-6975
Gerardo.Sandoval [at] sfgov.org
For more information:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.a...
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Why should it be illegal to own and wear a bullet-proof vest? Unless we believe that anybody (the police) should have the right to kill anybody they want to. Bullets proof vests are purely defensive items. Why are they illegal, even for parolees adn probationers?
Start a body armor truth campaign. Inform the public of the difference between soft and hard armor. Make it known that soft armor is more akin to a life preserver - the bullet is stopped, but you feel like a sledgehammer hit you in the chest. Show the hypocrisy of providing armor to high profile suspects and convicts during their trials/after convictions (sentencing phase), and disallowing its use after their release from prison.
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