Friday, January 26, 2024

SFPD picks up a guy smoking in a car on Bartlett Street

Each morning, the street outside fills with parents and children trooping to Buena Vista-Horace Mann school. But not today. Instead, this was the scene.

 
The officer pointing her weapon shouted over a loudspeaker and gestured to a man sitting in a parked car to come out with raised hands.
 
Nothing happened fast and that is a compliment to SFPD. Other officers approached from the side of the car.
 
The cops meant business. We had to hope that nothing scared them.
 
After a few minutes, the occupant of the parked car emerged, stumbling a little but still smoking. 
 
I have no idea what this was about, but I hope there was a real crime involved because this drew a lot of cops and a lot of armament to my 'hood.
 
It feels dumb to watch a thing like this from nearby. Bad stuff can happen quickly. But it also feels as if it is a civic duty to observe ...

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