Open Letter from the #Frisco5 to San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

[Hunger striker Sellassie at SF City Hall on May 3. Sellassie was hospitalized the following day. Photo by Davey D.]



May 2

We know you are hoping that we are just a passing fancy who will grow tired and wither away. That is what you have experienced in the past. We aren’t going anywhere. This time is different.

We are rejecting the little crumbs that you have offered in the form of COPS reviews and empty reforms propped up by your token community. We would rather go without than taste the sour garbage you offer as appeasement.

On countless news interviews you say that you are concerned for our health and well being. If that were true then you would have fired Chief Suhr. Heather Fong was forced out for less. If you truly cared about the people of this city, you would not hide and hope we go away so that your puppet masters can do their will in our city.

You say you care about the homeless and the minority communities of San Francisco and then you aid in their evictions and tear down their tents in the lashing rain in the middle of the night. Our tents and growing hunger are symbolic of the every day horror that your citizens, our community, face as a result of your policies. Policies that only benefit the 1%.

The next time you look at yourself in the mirror look long and hard and decide to do the right thing. We’ll be going to City Hall at 2pm tomorrow. That gives you over 24 hours to make the decision and announce that you have fired Chief Suhr.

We have decided to lay down our bodies for the love of our community and in solidarity with our fallen brothers. If there is any humanity left in you then you will hear our cry and do what is right. If you are not willing to do the right thing, then you must resign.

Our lives are in your hands,

The Frisco Five