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San Francisco mayor declines to fund taskforce into police bias (xpost from GD)
Source: Associated Press
San Francisco mayor declines to fund taskforce into police bias
Associated Press in San Francisco
Friday 5 June 2015 19.20 BST
San Francisco mayor Ed Lee says he won’t grant a request from the district attorney’s office to fund a taskforce eyeing 3,000 arrests handled by officers accused of sending racist and anti-gay text messages.
Authorities say the arrests could have been influenced and resulted in wrongful convictions as the result of bias by 14 San Francisco police officers being investigated for the text messages.
Six officers are facing possible termination. Two have retired. Six others are facing some kind of discipline.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Friday that in his proposed budget announced on Monday, Lee declined a request by district attorney George Gascón for $383,315 to expand the taskforce.
The request exceeded the amount of funds available, said Francis Tsang, a spokeswoman for the mayor.
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Associated Press in San Francisco
Friday 5 June 2015 19.20 BST
San Francisco mayor Ed Lee says he won’t grant a request from the district attorney’s office to fund a taskforce eyeing 3,000 arrests handled by officers accused of sending racist and anti-gay text messages.
Authorities say the arrests could have been influenced and resulted in wrongful convictions as the result of bias by 14 San Francisco police officers being investigated for the text messages.
Six officers are facing possible termination. Two have retired. Six others are facing some kind of discipline.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Friday that in his proposed budget announced on Monday, Lee declined a request by district attorney George Gascón for $383,315 to expand the taskforce.
The request exceeded the amount of funds available, said Francis Tsang, a spokeswoman for the mayor.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/05/san-francisco-mayor-taskforce-police-bias
edit: h/t Eugene
