Filing complaints against the cops

by Gabe Meyers

Sat, Jan 13, 2007 11:45AM

Last Tuesday, I walked into the SF Office of Citzens Complaints and filed greivances against both of the police officers that were initially involved in the incident at 23rd street and Valencia and Bartlett on the night of July 8th, 2005. I filed a complaint against Officer Peter Sheilds for recklessly driving into a crowd of people that I was part of, and I filed a complaint against his partner Officer Michael Wolf for using excessive force when he put me in a choke hold. If you witnessed either of these things, and don't mind revealing your identity, then I would urge you to file a similar complaint. You can either file a seperate complaint or can attach your complaint to mine as a co-complaint. The star number of both cops can be obtained by the office. The address is 480 2nd Street and the telephone number is (415) 597-7711. The investigators name is Sheri Hall. Thanks for your support and let's not let them get away with this.

Solidarity,
Gabe Meyers

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§good for you!

by friend

Sat, Jan 13, 2007 2:23PM

Smart move. We all know the cops avoid being challenged by going after protesters when they use excessive force. But once the bogus charges have been dropped, there's nothing protecting them from being accountable!

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§What is up with this?

by Kitty Kastro

Sun, Jan 14, 2007 11:03AM

So why didn't you file a complaint after the attack?
Me and Dina Boyer tried to convince the community those cops were brutal that night. And after it happened, we were talking about it openly and trying to figure out what to do, but we had no support from any of the people who attended that rally. Now all of a sudden you want to do something. Me and Dina had the FBI chasing us around demanding footage and pictures, but no one to help us....
in 2005 and when we tried to get help from the Lawyers Guild they were not only mean and nasty they didn't give us any help. Where was the help immediately after it happened?
Why didn't Gabe urge his attorneys to ask Dina for help? She could have filed the complaint.
And no offense it was me and Dina who were on the phone and visiting the DA's office to urge them to drop the charges against Gabe. But no recognition for it. The people you claimed helped you is pretentious. You have become spoiled. How come Dina's(a TG person) name was not mentioned in your thank you letter? She hand delivered letters and talked with the DA about this case alot. Those other people you claimed helped you is a lie. The National Lawyers guild is a joke, and Henrey Doehring is nothing more than a fat lazy lawyer who loves to take advantage of people.
So my advice is get real and get on with your life and learn to recognize who really helped you.....
Next time write you own letters and take you own video footage.

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