Glad to see the FBI has been hot on the case, spending 2 years seeking out corrupt politicians who are gun trafficking and bringing them down. For that they should be applauded. With the recent take downs of Cali state Senators Leland Yee and Ron Calderon, some might want to ask when will the FBI spend a couple of years going undercover and rooting out rogue police who shoot, kill and beat people with reckless abandon?
Will the FBI be infiltrating the ranks of the Sonoma County sheriffs (Sonoma is North of San Francisco) to find out why 13 year old Andy Lopez was really killed? Will they investigate the writings and behavior of deputy Erick Gelhaus the officer who shot him who wrote an article explaining how to protect yourself from an egregious/wrong shooting? Will the FBI investigate and find out why Sonoma County deputies have shot and killed 57 people in that small area over the past 10 years?
Will the FBI be hidden within the rank and file of Oakland Police to find out why they killed Alan Buford? Will they find out why Oakland had to shell out 58 million dollars in settlement money over 10 years because of brutality incidents. Will they investigate to find out why its 2014 and OPD has still yet to adhere to the federal consent decree which was a result of the infamous Riders scandal? ?
Will the FBI be undercover looking to see why 3 officers went and killed 28 year honor student Alex Nieto in his Bernal Heights neighborhood last week after gentrifiers ‘became suspicious’? To the FBI’s credit they did open up an investigation after a local public defender released video footage was released showing officers storming people’s homes without warrants.. The end result was 57 cases had to be dismissed because of those actions along with falsification of police reports? is the FBI still investigating SFPD?
So yes the FBI took down Leland Yee, when will they take down rogue, out of control cops who have tainted law enforcement and terrorized poor and marginalized communities?
Keep in mind it was just 3 weeks ago that the FBI announced they would be investigating vandalism crimes in upscale Atherton which is 30 miles south of San Francisco in Silicon Valley. Someone had spray painted anti-wealth message on several doors and the FBI said they would investigate because they keep track of activist organizations. This means that there’s a likely hood the FBI will be out monitoring the March today (Sat March 29 ) for Alex Neito, will they be monitoring the SF police who are being protested?
Once again “gentrifiers become suspicious”. dId you do a background check to make sure each one of this people are not originally from San Francisco… God forbid.. right Davey then you couldn’t blame it on the gentrifiers. By the way are upwardly mobile blacks or hispanics who move back into a neighborhood not gentrifiers ????
Davey maybe your the one who has to look at your own insecurities. Fairiy glaring.
As for the rest of the article ; its great.
One more thing so you know . White people are not afraid of blacks in general ; sorry to break the news to you. Really could care less.
What about all the south east asians who come with 2 cents in their pocket but end up buying all the property in hood like bay view , hunters point, visitation valley , tenderloin. Do you hear them wining and crying about gentrification ???? Are they privileged …no they worked their ass off.. and guess what scoreboard they own the property that you were suppose to own and now you pay them rent !!!!!
Come with no money and no language.
So don’t tell me this or that….nobodys buying it !!!
My family came from
Mexico illegally and picked vegetables in half moon bay, then worked janitorial jobs and restaurants . Now they and most of our extended family own homes throughout the Bay Area. Don’t know about the gentrification angle. I do
Feel bad about Alex’s death. I believe there was some mistakes made and am awaiting more facts to pass
Judgement. I know
For a fact Alex was a peaceful, smart , non violent guy. His death is
Just a horrible tragedy!
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actually yes i do hear them complaining about gentrification.. glad u asked.. going to a meeting tomorrow about this.. see John you missed again.. keep trying..
didn’t miss anything..its always someone else’s fault right ??
All that time complaining why don’t you spend time making money and pay before the gentrifier pays.
After all if Peron A has the money doesn’t he have the right to buy regardless of race , religion or gender Davey D ?
Gentrification is real. For a great song and video of it happening in Seattle, watch Draze’s “Da Hood Ain’t the Same”. Realtors and developers systematically target an area that’s historically known to be a black area (I’ve heard that in Seattle’s case, the CD area originally started out as a black area because blacks weren’t allowed to live anywhere else. That’s probably the case in many areas where gentrification has, is and will occur/ed. How ironic.) The developers find the area increasingly desirable. In the CD’s case, it had beautiful, old houses, was close to Lake Washington, in the middle of the city, close to downtown, the University of Washington, Madison Park and Capitol Hill, all areas where houses sell from $500,000 into the multi-millions. People in the CD suddenly found their taxes being increased, stores closing. Gentrification is a shady thing, and very real, hitting vulnerable communities, but also close-knit communities. I’m a white person who grew up in Seattle, and am ashamed at what Seattle has done to its own citizens. Horrible.
I respect that gentrification is affecting people negatively. I’ve see. First hand areas that are not so desirable to live in because of crime, blight, and fewer stores/restaurants. I was fortunate enough to buy my first run down fixer upper where helicopters were common on weekends spotlighting my back
Yard . The regular hookers on the corner were the norm. My new wife and I fixed that small two bedroom and were proud. Eventually Starbucks came to our neighborhood and at just the right time we sold and were able to purchase another fixer upper this time in suburbia with highly rated schools and the only menaces were now the occasional deer that ate our roses. I drive by my old
Neighborhood that has been gentrified and I feel proud to have lived there and made it a better place.
what does gentrification have to do with this article?
The citizens are responsible for electing assemblymen, senators and a Governor who has taken no money for law enforcement labor unions. We will continue to see executions in the streets and torture in prison until we probably organize and fund the campaigns of humanitarians. The state is supposed to provide oversight and consequences to rogue police. That isn’t happening because the lawmakers were put into office by the police to protect their interests. Ordinary people do not help to elect or recall their representatives, so this is the end result.
OBAMA WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE. GOTHAM CITY WILL BE CLEANSED BY ARREST OF THOSE THAT VIOLATE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS NEWS UNDERWAY.