Hundreds support San Francisco hunger strikers protesting police violence
 

Hundreds support San Francisco hunger strikers protesting police violence
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SAN FRANCISCO —*Amid national concern about police ******rs' use of force, five activists have been starving themselves for the last two weeks outside of Mission Police Station, vowing **t to eat until controversial Police Chief Greg Suhr resigns.*

Drained of nutrition and barely able to stand, the hunger strikers on Tuesday were pushed in wheelchairs through the streets of San Francisco to city hall, where they called for Suhr's removal.Hundreds joined them in support, holding signs decrying police brutality and chanting "** justice, ** peace. ** racist police."*


The call for Suhr’s resignation — or firing — follows the controversial police killings of Mario Woods, Alex Nieto, Amilcar Lopez, and most recently, a homeless man named Luis Gongora. Earlier this month, the uncovering of*racist text messages in which a San Francisco police ******r referred to African-Americans as "nigs," Mexicans as "beaners" and Indians as "disgusting" further strained the fraught relationship between community members and police, culminating in the hunger strike. * Read more...


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