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</font><font size=6 color="#0000FF">DEMAND JUSTICE FOR HUNTERS POINT
YOUTH <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=3>This Wednesday, there will be an
important hearing for San Francisco, the Police Commission will be
deciding whether or not to bring charges against cops who abused Hunters
Point youth in 2002 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.</font> <br><br>
<font face="Verdana" size=3>The Police Officers Association is trying to
block the Police Commission from taking action against these cops who are
<b>GUILTY OF ABUSING OUR YOUTH. <br>
</b>They have said that time has run out on this case. We say no
way!!! We must defend the rights of our children. Support these children
and their families by attending the Police Commission meeting and by
calling the commissioners at (415) 553-1167 and telling them on Wednesday
to hold SFPD accountable, don’t let the Police Officers Association lead
them away from justice.</font> <br><br>
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<font size=6>5:30 PM – POLCIE COMMISSION MEETING</font><font size=3>
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</font><font size=6>850 BRYANT STREET 5TH FLOOR RM 551</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font size=6>SAN FRANCICO, CA</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=3>For more information call (415)951-4844 x. 242 <br><br>
DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT <br><br>
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On 1/21/2002 12:00 am in BayView/Hunters Point, SFPD officers, responding to an anonymous call regarding men with red ski masks sitting in a car, approached a car of children, ages 12 and 13, with their guns drawn. These children were doing nothing but listening to music<b>. </b>The officers grabbed and pulled each of the children out of the car and threw them on the ground. <b>One of the 13 year old girls was searched excessively and inappropriately by a male officer</b>. The officer touched her breasts and genital area. As community members started to gather, yelling out to the police to stop abusing children, they were told <b>“As long as you people are here we will do this.”</b> As the children stood outside of the car handcuffed one of the children was <b>pushed down on the ground , as he lay on the ground bleeding from his head an officer placed his knee in the middle of his back pushing his face and body into the ground in excess of 15 minutes. </b>The injured child was taken down to the police department, with his head still bleeding. After this altercation with SFPD the youth were left with bruises, lacerations, concussion, and severe emotional distress. <br><br>
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San Francisco, CA 94110<br>
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