Mehserle's free, but some protesters could still face jail time
Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant while he was lying face down on the Fruitvale station train platform on New Year's Day 2009, was released from a Los...
View ArticleTree-sitter shot, 70 feet up, by CHP rubber bullet
CHP officers appear to be aiming a gun loaded with rubber bullets at a tree sitter in Willits.Tree-sitting is nothing new. It's happened all over California, going back decades. It's a dangerous, but...
View ArticleMayor Lee addresses Google bus controversy
Guardian photo and graphicAt a press conference on affordable housing today, the Guardian asked Mayor Ed Lee about San Francisco’s favorite pinata: tech buses. The monstrous private shuttles, which...
View ArticleFor your rabble-rousing Valentine, #Activistpickuplines
Keystone pipeline protesters need love too.Freelance writer and activist Suey Park, who started the #NotYourAsianSidekick trend, created a new hashtag trending on Twitter just in time for Valentine's...
View ArticleStudent pepper sprayed and two arrested at City College protest UPDATED
Photo courtesy of AFT 2121[Update Friday, 1:32pm: The Guardian published an updated post on the status of the two detained student protesters, who were later released, here:...
View ArticleNo charges filed against City College student protesters
Dimitrios Philliou, left, and Otto Pippenger, right, in front of 850 Bryant. Photo courtesy of AFT 2121The two formerly jailed City College student protesters can now breathe a sigh of relief, as this...
View ArticleImmigration reform protest snarls downtown SF, 23 arrested
SFPD escort protester Mayra Lopez away, shortly before placing her in a police wagon. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezToday [Fri/4] at 11am, the SF Bay Coalition for Immigrant Justice held a protest...
View ArticleStudent protesters file claim against City College and SF citing injuries,...
Student protester Otto Pippenger is filing a claim against City College of San Francisco and the city of San Francisco. Seen here, Pippenger describes the numerous injuries he sustained at the hands of...
View ArticleAnti-war protesters rally against Gaza invasion and rising Palestinian death...
Jaclyn (left) and Russell Bates protest the invasion of Gaza outside the Israeli consulate in San Francisco.Steven T. JonesAs the West Bank erupted today in a “day of rage” against Israel’s ongoing...
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