Sunday, March 07, 2021

S.F. police commissioner called to apologize for tweets — or face removal

S.F. police commissioner called to apologize for tweets — or face removal
"San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin said Friday that he would seek to remove Police Commissioner John Hamasaki from his position unless Hamasaki apologizes for a series of controversial social media posts he made this week about teens, guns and other members of the Board of Supervisors.
  • ...The debate began Tuesday, following a tweet in which the commissioner argued that it was dangerous in some cases for police to seize guns from teens.
Supervisors Catherine Stefani and Ahsha Safaí both called for Hamasaki’s resignation...
  • ...“I wholeheartedly believe in the dialogue that I was trying to generate, which is that gun control doesn’t end with taking guns off the street,” he said. “We need to get to the core of why people feel the need to pick up guns.”...Read all.

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