Students react to police brutality in San Francisco

Students react to police brutality in San Francisco

Young students from San Francisco walked out of their schools today to protest the killing of Mario Woods. Mario Woods was fatally shot by San Francisco Police on December 2nd 2015 in the Bayview neighborhood. There was speculation that he stabbed someone and was holding a knife, but witness video does not clearly show a knife nor does it show him lunging at police in a threatening manner. Many people in the San Francisco community are calling the shooting of Woods police brutality. It is common knowledge that police brutality results in the loss of trust of the police by people in the community. In other words, after incidences of police brutality the community suffers from disruption of basic activities like going to school because it enrages them. After incidences of police brutality the public stops reporting crimes, they stop cooperating with the police and they generally develop severe hate and prejudice against the police. The hate is so severe they design signs for their protests that call for the shooting of police. I have attached an example in this post. Police brutality affects everyone in the community.

The protest crowd numbered in the 100’s and it was diverse. The students were full of energy and they were determined to get their voices heard. Encouragement also came from older folks on the side lines. The students attempted to enter San Francisco City Hall numerous times, but they did not seem to go in for long, or they were stopped by the Deputies. One of the rules is that protesters are not allowed to carry signage inside City Hall. Back outside City Hall they were then joined by another group of students who all then marched through downtown San Francisco. They made their voices heard in front of shoppers, tourists, and workers near Union Square but stopped short of actually entering the square. They then marched to the Tenderloin police station and later back to Market Street where they surrounded a police cruiser. The students ended up back at San Francisco City Hall and vowed to be back.