Former SFPD officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter
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FILE A former San Francisco police officer on Monday pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with a 2017 police shooting in the city s Bayview neighborhood that left a man dead.
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A former San Francisco police officer on Monday pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with a 2017 police shooting in the city s Bayview neighborhood that left a man dead.
Last month, District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced his office had charged former officer Christopher Samayoa with voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, assault by an officer, and negligent discharge of a firearm for the Dec. 1, 2017 officer-involved shooting that killed 42-year-old Keita O Neal.
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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin punctuated his first year in office by filing a series of criminal charges against current and former city police officers.
That should come as little surprise. Boudin, a former high-profile deputy public defender, campaigned as part of a progressive prosecutor movement and promised to charge cops who used excessive force.
The series of recent charges filed has nevertheless drawn criticism from San Francisco s police officers’ union and raised some concerns with the city s police chief.
In the past month alone, Boudin has filed charges against three current or former police officers. He also, however, declined to charge three other officers connected to two fatal shootings.
SFPD chief, D.A. downplay differences, say theyâre united to make city safer
SFPD chief, D.A. downplay differences, say theyâre united to make city safer
In a live Facebook conversation, SFPD Chief Bill Scott said he doesn t always agree with District Attorney Chesa Boudin s charging decisions, but respects the D.A. s role. Boudin said he ran on a platform where no one is above the law. The two are finding some common ground and are focusing on making San Francisco safer.
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco s district attorney and police chief say they re on the same side when it comes to criminal justice, even if they don t always agree on charging decisions. In an event streamed live on Wednesday, the district attorney and police chief downplayed their differences, saying they re working toward the same goal: a safer city.
SF Police Chief and District Attorney Insist They re Not Enemies, Chief Says They Don t Always Agree
In a show of unity Wednesday on a live-streamed Zoom session, SF Police Chief Bill Scott and District Attorney Chesa Boudin discussed recent charging decisions implicating SF police officers, and the growing role of the DA s Independent Investigations Bureau (IIB).
Both Scott and Boudin appeared to want to show the public that they are not adversaries. And despite some public disagreement over at least two recent cases of officers charged with using excessive force, the two men say they talk regularly, and they share a common goal of creating a safer San Francisco.
SFPD releases body cam footage of incident a day after DA charges cop with assault
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Body-camera footage released by San Francisco Police Tuesday evening shows Officer Terrance Stangel striking a Black man with a baton including at least once while he was on the ground in a 2019 incident that has triggered the latest criminal charges against a San Francisco police officer.
The department released the video, along with audio of 911 calls leading up to the incident in which a witness reported a “guy beating up on this girl,” and “dragging her by the neck.” The caller then described a suspect wearing a black and red top, matching the description of Dacari Spiers, whom police confronted in the location of the call a short time later.