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Surveillance Videos Prompt Investigations of Police Misconduct
The videos contradict police report testimony signed under penalty of perjury and reveal Police Department narcotics officers falsified the reports to justify searching two residences without warrants or consent as required by law, officials with the Public Defender’s office announced yesterday.
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Show me the Money:
New Study Exposes Outside Influence
in San Francisco PoliticsThe analysis examined campaign finance disclosures filed with the San Francisco Ethics Commission between January 1, 2009 and January 31, 2011 by candidates for San Francisco Mayor and the Board of Supervisors.
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Chiu Enters San Francisco Race for Mayor
During a morning press event that drew as many as 200 supporters to the steps of City Hall, Chiu said he is running for mayor to create jobs, to improve transit efficiency and to “have a conversation on how we creatively fund affordable housing.”
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Tony Hall Running for Mayor
“to Return Local Government to the People”Hall’s five-point platform includes job creation, budgetary responsibility, administrative accountability, public safety and sanitation – as well as providing San Franciscans “with a local government that is honest, open, transparent, and respectful in serving your needs first.”
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Civil Rights Groups Pen Letter
Opposing Tasers in San FranciscoIn a February 11 letter sent to the San Francisco Police Commission ahead of a rehearing tomorrow on the use of Tasers, the groups urge commissioners to “vote ‘no’ on any effort to bring Tasers to San Francisco. Tasers are highly controversial and ultimately will erode trust between communities and the police.”
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FCJ Interview with Supervisor Jane Kim
And in the first test of her political independence since her swearing in to the Board of Supervisors in January, Kim supported the appointment of Richard Johns, the husband of Willie Brown Institute Executive Director Eleanor Johns, to the Historical Preservation Commission despite claims that Johns is not qualified to serve as a historian on the commission.
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Walk Like an Egyptian, Hosni Mubarak Resigns
Following the announcement, fireworks filled the sky over Cairo as cheers of joy and celebration rang out in Tahrir Square where the uprising began some 18 days ago. Citizens hugged soldiers showing their appreciation to the army for remaining neutral during the uprising and protecting the protesters from paid pro-Mubarak thugs. Though estimates vary, as many as 300 Egyptians may have been killed during the unrest.
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