American activists have held another rally in San Francisco, California, to demand once again that police chief Greg Suhr step down over recent officer-involved shootings and a string of racist text messages exchanged among officers.
The protesters circled the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco City Hall for hours Monday, expressing solidarity with five hunger strikers who’ve been protesting the police killings of African Americans and Hispanics.
The protest came after 33 demonstrators were arrested Friday when they clashed with police officers who forced them to clear out of the rotunda of City Hall when they refused to disperse.
Members of the so-called Frisco Five, the group that held a 17-day hunger strike, were still in the hospital and getting re-accustomed to food. Their supporters held the demonstration in their absence.
Since becoming chief in 2011, Suhr’s mismanagement has led to dozens of brutality and corruption lawsuits, many of which…