Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Forced out, San Franciscos top cop has resigned tonight after police shot and killed an unarmed black woman. Kpix5s joe vazquez is at city hall tonight. Joe, a stunning turn of events today. Just yesterday the mayor said that he had the chiefs back. What happened . Reporter yeah, ken. It was very stunning, very emotional at city hall today. You can actually hear it in the mayors voice as he announces he decided its time for a new chief. Mayor ed lee made the announcement in his office just before 5 00 hours after an officer fired into a stolen vehicle in the bayview killing a 27yearold African American woman, the latest in a series of Police Shootings prompting reforms from the mayor and chief. The progress that weve made has been meaningful, but it hasnt been fast enough. Thats why ive asked chief suhr for his resignation. Reporter the mayor named Toney Chaplin as acting police chief. Up until now the mayor had stood by sur even a
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Forced out, San Franciscos top cop has resigned tonight after police shot and killed an unarmed black woman. Kpix5s joe vazquez is at city hall tonight. Joe, a stunning turn of events today. Just yesterday the mayor said that he had the chiefs back. What happened . Reporter yeah, ken. It was very stunning, very emotional at city hall today. You can actually hear it in the mayors voice as he announces he decided its time for a new chief. Mayor ed lee made the announcement in his office just before 5 00 hours after an officer fired into a stolen vehicle in the bayview killing a 27yearold African American woman, the latest in a series of Police Shootings prompting reforms from the mayor and chief. The progress that weve made has been meaningful, but it hasnt been fast enough. Thats why ive asked chief suhr for his resignation. Reporter the mayor named Toney Chaplin as acting police chief. Up until now the mayor had stood by sur even a
Bunch of jerks. You have to dominate. Will you commit here today for a peaceful transfer of power after the election. Well have to see what happens. You know that. So, some remarkable things that, actually, could be both shocking and not surprising at the same time considering that they come from donald trump. But, mika, there you had the president of the United States yesterday saying that he would not commit to a peaceful transfer of power. That was a question. So lets, again, say that for the first time in the history of this republic, you have a president of the United States, who will not commit to a peaceful transfer of power. At the same time hes asking republicans to lie to their constituents and go back on what they said four years ago and ram through a Supreme Court justice. Why . Because he needs that Supreme Court justice to vote for him on any election disputes that he stirs up. Thats that is pretty much a fivealarm fire. Thats where we are. And you invoked maya angelou in