On the May 26th edition of Your Call, we’ll talk about what it will take to reform San Francisco’s police department.
Last Thursday, a San Francisco police sergeant shot and killed Jessica Williams, an unarmed 29 year-old black woman. It was the SFPD's third fatal shooting in six months. Hours later, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr resigned at the request of Mayor Ed Lee.
What happens now? What concrete reforms would you like to see? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
John L. Burris, civil rights attorney with the Law Offices of John L. Burris
Rebecca S. Young, San Francisco Deputy Public Defender and senior trial attorney
Adriana Camarena, writer and co-founder of the Justice for Alex Nieto Coalition
Web Resources:
San Francisco Public Defender Office
John L. Burris Law Offices: Police Misconduct
Oakland Community Organizations: Live Free Program
The Hill: Calling all mayors: This is what police reform should look like
San Francisco Chronicle: Woman killed by SF police sergeant IDd as Jessica Williams, 29
San Francisco Chronicle: Friends describe woman shot by police as ‘mellow’
San Francisco Chronicle: SF’s next police chief faces mountain of challenges
Democracy Now: Death by Gentrification: Alex Nieto Killed by Hail of Police Bullets in a Changing San Francisco
The Guardian: Death by Gentrification: the killing that shamed San Francisco
