Any Reason To Hell Raise

[Lord Jim]

(I had meant to post this a couple of weeks ago)

Protest over S.F. cop shooting parolee

Vivian Ho, Will Kane and Victoria Colliver
Updated 12:38 p.m., Saturday, September 22, 2012

A San Francisco police officer shot and wounded an armed 22-year-old parolee in the city's Mission District late Thursday, prompting a protest by dozens of people hours later, authorities said. Another group gathered in the area Friday night, vandalizing banks and a restaurant.

A plainclothes officer, part of a curfew enforcement team, shot the man after he allegedly pulled a Tec-9 assault-style pistol in the 200 block of 14th Street at 8:06 p.m. Thursday, police said.

The wounded man, whose name was not released, was taken to the hospital. Police said his injuries were not life-threatening. Police described him as a felon previously convicted of assault with a firearm.

According to Sgt. Michael Andraychak, a police spokesman, two gang task force police officers were working with two probation officers when they spotted a pair of men they recognized as gang members.

As one officer approached, Andraychak said, one of the suspected gang members fled, pulling a pistol as he ran.

As the suspect turned toward the officer and began to raise the pistol, the undercover officer opened fire, Andraychak said. The man was hit twice.

Police said the four officers were participating in Operation Night Light, described as an effort to ensure that juveniles on probation are off the streets and home after curfew, which differs from case to case. The man who was shot was not a juvenile on probation, said William Siffermann, chief juvenile probation officer.

Two hours after the shooting, several dozen people began protesting outside the Mission District Police Station on Valencia Street. During the protest, someone spray-painted graffiti reading "Killers" [ ]on the front doors of the station and damaged some windows, Andraychak said.

Employees at cafes and restaurants along Valencia said they saw dozens of police cars and officers in riot gear lining the street.

"It's always unsettling to see a bunch of cop cars and such, and around 15th and Valencia, there were just like 30 police cars," said Kimmy Watson, a manager at Bar Tartine restaurant on Valencia.[It would have been a lot more "unsettling" had they not been there, KImmy]

Anthony Strong, a chef at the nearby Locanda restaurant, described officers in riot gear gathering in the intersection of 16th Street and Valencia, facing east down 16th. Although he didn't see any protesters, he said onlookers were heckling the officers.

Resident Phil Deschaine said he saw the protesters eventually making their way down South Van Ness Avenue chanting, "F- the police," and "Do you feel safe?" as police cars and vans slowly trailed them.

Friday night, about 75 protesters gathered at Dolores Park, then headed down 18th Street, where they turned over outdoor tables at Farina restaurant.[Well of course, that only makes sense.]

They broke a window in the U.S. Bank at 16th and Mission and broke glass at the Wells Fargo near the 16th Street BART Station. They threw a bottle filled with what looked like paint at officers guarding the Mission Police Station.

Friday night's chant: "cops, pigs, murderers."[I can only assume they were referring to 3 different groups; the cops, the "pigs" (themselves) and the "murderers" (the gang bangers)]

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Pro ... z29HW0dERp

[Lord Jim]

Meanwhile, just two days earlier:

11-year-old shot while sleeping in Oakland home

Updated 2:35 p.m., Thursday, September 20, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An 11-year-old Oakland boy struck by a bullet as he lay sleeping in his bed early Thursday was in serious condition following multiple surgeries.

Luis Duenas Hernandez was on the lower mattress of a bunk bed when at least one person fired more than a dozen shots inside his East Oakland home shortly before 1 a.m., family members said.

One bullet traveled through his parent's bedroom, then past a hallway before hitting the boy in the chest and then lodged in his liver, the boy's family said.

He was rushed to the hospital where he's since had at least four surgeries, his mother, Ana Dalia Hernandez, said. She told reporters that doctors have decided not to remove the bullet fearing further damage.

"They didn't want to take the bullet out," Hernandez said. "I don't think they want to damage his organs. The bullet is staying there permanently."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/11-y ... z29HpPbukI

And nary a protestor in sight....

[dales]

The SF incident is typical. Any excuse to riot is right. I'm surprised the perp had a TEC-9 pistol (which is a real POS). Those are against the law in CA (the infamous 101 California St shooting).

As far as Oakland is concerned. Unless John Burris is involved, the apethetic slumber of Oakland will continue unabated.

Even San Jose has seen an uptick in murder and mayhem with their woefully understaffed police dept.

Soloutions:

SF - Start kicking @ss and taking names giving the sh-t disturbers no quarter. Have the DA prosecute to the full extent of the law.

Oakland - Kick Quan out and hire 100 more officers, NOW!

San Jose - Same as Oakland, the mayor has to go and more LEO's need to be hired.

Problems solved!

[liberty]

If somehow we could convince interstellar space aliens to beam up these trouble spots and transport them to another suitable planet we might have a lower crime rate than Britain.

[rubato]

There has always been a segment of the population who look forward to opportunities to act out, Riot, smash, steal &c. What is interesting to me is that this group has become more aware of itself as a group and is beginning to act more prospectively to be in a place and prepared to act out.

The first I recall what looked like planned rioting was for the world bank and IMF meetings.


yrs,
rubato

[dgs49]

Looking from the outside, the "Black Community" seems to have a rather upside-down perception of the police and what they are doing.

If you wear a blue uniform in a high-crime area, you are knowingly putting your life and wellbeing in jeopardy IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE THAT COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE. They are not there for fun or entertainment or for any other reason. When someone in those communities is robbed or raped or shot, the community "leaders" and the mothers of the victims seem to ask, in unison, "Where were the POLICE?!"

Logic would indicate that when a police officer in such a community encounters a known or suspected felon, he must be extremely alert to the possibility of being SHOT. Lacking such sensitivity over a period of years - it seems to me - would rather make getting shot a fairly likely happenstance.

And yet when a policeman makes the logical response to this deadly circumstance and shoots someone who would likely have KILLED that policeman absent intervention, the Community feels that it has a right to complain. (No doubt there are the occasional "innocent victims," but this is rare).

The logical alternative would be NOT to police such areas. Let them get by according to their own standards and practices. When someone gets shot, send in an ambulance and cart them away. Period.

Why - other than pursuit of a paycheck and retirement - would any sane police officer subject himself to this perverse antagonism by those for whom he is willingly risking his life?

One is impelled to just say, "Fuck 'em."

[liberty]

It is called honor and a sense of duty, one with good attitude take the assignment that one has drawn and does the best he can. I am proud of the fact that I never turned down an assignment my entire career even though it meant I ended up with some assignments that others got out of.