Four teens sue San Francisco and police chief over mass arrest of youths at 'Hill Bomb' skateboarding event
Every year, throngs of youths descend upon San Francisco’s Mission District for a skateboarding event, but this year festivities ended in chaos with police arresting over 100 young people — some as young as 13 — and leaving them in the streets with no food, water or chance to use the bathroom for hours, a new lawsuit claim.
Four youths, aged 13 to 17, have filed a federal civil rights class action lawsuit against the city of San Francisco and police personnel alleging wrongful detainment and violation of rights at the "Dolores Hill Bomb" event.
"Hill Bomb," a gathering organized by high school students to celebrate the city's skateboarding culture, unfolded on July 8 down Dolores Street near the city's Dolores Park.
By evening, more than 100 San Francisco Police Department officers descended upon the event, sealed off the streets and "corralled and trapped" the crowd without "giving notice, warning, or opportunity to disperse," The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), which filed the suit, said in a news release.
That's a violation of police's crowd control policy which demands that there be “time to disperse," and an announcement of "a safe, clear route" for people to exit, the suit filed in the Northern District of California on Tuesday said.
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And we should "respeck their authoritah" exactly WHY? Tell me again...
