66-year-old Grandmother Strikes Against Police Brutality, Racism in San Francisco
The San Francisco police department has been involved in a string of deadly shootings in recent years—including the December, 2015 death of Mario Woods, shot 20 times, by five officers (6 times in the back) for allegedly refusing to drop a knife, as well as the fatal shooting of homeless man Luis Gongora in the Mission. In response to the shootings, and to racist text messages sent by San Francisco police officers, a coalition of activists took to the streets. On April 21, Ed