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Tell the San Francisco DA: Definitively Drop the Charges

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a national civil rights organization with offices in Washington, DC, and the Bay Area, is calling for San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to definitively drop all charges against the 113 youth arrested near Dolores Park on July 8, 2023. That night, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted an abusive and outrageous mass attack on and arrest of children, including some gathered for an annual skateboarding event and others who were simply in the general area. The SFPD deployed more than 100 officers to kettle, trap, and arrest children as young as 12, pointing less lethal weapons at them and using baton force against them. The vast majority of the youth were arrested nowhere near the location or time that police gave dispersal announcements, and never had a chance to leave before being trapped between police lines. The purpose of the abusive detention appears to have been to obtain mugshots and thumbprints to use against the children in future investigations.

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Tell the San Francisco DA: Drop the Charges

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund is calling for San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to drop all charges against the 113 youth arrested near Dolores Park on July 8, 2023. That night, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted an abusive and outrageous mass attack on and arrest of children, including some gathered for an annual skateboarding event and others who were simply in the general area. The SFPD deployed more than 100 officers to kettle, trap, and arrest children, including pointing less lethal weapons at them and using baton force against them. The SFPD is charging the children and young people with incitement to riot and conspiracy among other charges.

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DA Brooke Jenkins, Drop the Charges

Subject: Drop the Charges Against Dolores Park Youth

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We demand that all charges be definitively dropped against the 113 children and youth arrested near Dolores Park on July 8, that their arrest records and identifying information be immediately sealed and destroyed.

The San Francisco Police Department deployed more than 100 officers to kettle, trap, and arrest predominantly Black and Brown children and young people, most ages 12-18; failed to notify their worried parents; handcuffed them with painful zip ties; and detained the terrorized children outdoors in the cold without access to bathrooms, water, or food, for up to eight hours, releasing the last child after 4am. Those 18 and up were detained even longer. The vast majority of the youth were arrested nowhere near the location or time that police gave dispersal announcements, and never had a chance to leave before being trapped between police lines. The purpose of the abusive detention appears to have been to obtain mugshots and thumbprints to use against the children in future investigations.

The arrests and police conduct were unlawful and violated the youths’ constitutional rights. While the citations have been “discharged," your recent statement affirms that the police are using the information they obtained unlawfully to continue their investigation, essentially conducting a dragnet. We demand that all investigations into these children and youth be dropped immediately and their illegally seized identifying information destroyed.

Tell the San Francisco DA: Definitively Drop the Charges

Tell the San Francisco DA: Drop the Charges

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