I'm listening to the #sfbos meeting to vote on adoption of a policy that would prohibit the hiring of any new #sfpd officers with a record of prior misconduct.
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Public comment - queued by phone with clear procedures. Vital. People don't fully understand how important for democracy it is for people to be able to speak and be heard at gov meetings, and how often this right is imperiled.
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Caller: "It's a small step that is being treated like a big step. It's the bare minimum - how are we going to get new measures that will restrict police further. This is nice, but bc it doesn't come with big hard steps I worry we will lose out on needed big actions."
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Caller 2: "It is time to completely abolish the police. The resolution you have before you is long overdue. Reduce the number of SFPD who are likely to terrorize black and brown individuals"
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same caller - there are already too many current SFPD cops who are likely to commit violence agin. (story about Officer Padilla --https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-police-officers-named-after-fatal-shooting-6005733.php …
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Motion passes. That was fast. Good, but the tiniest bit of bare minimum - like, how was this not on the books before?
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