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SF Pigs brutalize homeles outside Burger King

by Luke from DC, reposting for homeless activist
Below is posted a COPWATCH report posted to our MAYDAY DC list from a DC homeless activists visiting SF. This shit with Booger King, BTW, reminds me of a McDonald's in DC that earned themselves a mass cockroach release(Toilet Liberation Front action) for treating the homeless like shit and locking their tolilets
Okay, did not make it to Oregon. Hithched across the country to Barstow
California in Seven days then got stuck in the middle of the Mojave
desert. Finally made it to Sacremento with a combination of Grehound,
Mexican Buses and hitching. Then Bailed and took a Grehound to San
Francisco.

I am in the Homeless system here. There are tons of homeless people here.
The system is a bit better than DC but the Cops are major assholes.

On my 15th hour in town, I did a Copwatch.

Two Officers, Male and Female in Car 2170 stopped a homeless man
demonstrating with a sign requesting a boycott of Burger King for not
letting Homeless Customers use the Bathroom. He was told he needed to
file for a permit and wait several days. He tried to maintain his right
to demonstrate and was threatened. He gave in but the cops stopped him
and ran him for priors and found a warent. he was taken away cuffed.

Several people have been complaining about brutality by the Burger King
Security Guard. The Cops did not seem interested in This. I interviewed
a man who was Pan Handling on the scene and is familier with the problem.
He gave me permission to use his name: Gabriel Navaro.

According to Gabriel the security Guard at the Burger King does not allow
homeless to use the bathroom even if they are customers. He knocked the
Soda out of one Womans hand and Chased her down the street. He is
reported to have beaten numerous homeless people including a 65 year old
woman. He broke her bag and sprayed her with pepper spray. This was
reported to the police but they did nothing.

According to Gabriel, the security guard was released from prison only one
year ago and is a drug addict.

Love, Solidarity and Magic from San Francisco.

Jesse
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