Legislation enshrining limits to the Police Department’s engagement with federal anti-terrorism activities was hailed Wednesday by city officials, police and members of the Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian communities as a victory against racial profiling and for transparency.
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Police Chief Greg Suhr said Tuesday he wants the mayor to veto legislation that would open up to public scrutiny the department’s working relationship with the FBI’s counterterrorism unit.Suhr said the bill, passed Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors, would jeopardize the Police Department’s presence “in the room” of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which provides valuable crime-fighting information.“We do not support it,” Suhr said.
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Could the world’s most dangerous animal liberator be relaxing in the friendly confines of crunchy western Massachusetts?A Bay Area activist whom the FBI considers to be one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists might be holed up there, the agency said Wednesday.
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Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s office is planning to unveil new evidence of alleged police misconduct Thursday.
Police Chief Greg Suhr said Adachi told him of the new allegations at the same time media were notified Wednesday.
Suhr said he had yet to view the video himself, but members of his staff had and could not immediately see “what might be so glaring.” He said he would wait to see what Adachi “suggests we might look for” in the video.
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Four North Georgia militia members, all in their 60s or 70s, were arrested by the FBI and charged with preparing to manufacture the deadly biological toxin ricin to use in attacks against government personnel and other Americans. At clandestine militia meetings, the suspects discussed obtaining toxins to target various federal agencies including the IRS. These meetings were attended by FBI informants who helped arrange sales of fake ricin substances, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
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WHAT: A new FBI report warned that “members of at least 53 gangs” are on military installations and have been involved in “incidents of weapons theft and trafficking.” American gang graffiti has become commonplace in Iraq and Afghanistan.HOW BAD: Army Sgt. Juwan Johnson, 25, died from his injuries after being beaten by eight soldiers in a park near his base in Germany. He was being initiated into the Gangster Disciples, a notorious Chicago-based street gang.
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WHAT: Eight current or retired New York police officers were arrested on federal charges of illegally transporting M-16 assault rifles, shotguns and handguns across state lines for sale.
HOW: The two-year investigation began when three suspects allegedly sold a shotgun to an undercover FBI agent. It expanded into a sting operation, with the agent selling inoperable automatic weapons to the suspects.
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If bad luck rains on someone who opens an umbrella indoors, San Francisco cops must be hoping superstition is on their side.
On a clear and sunny Saturday, a careful crook walked into a bank in North Beach toting an open umbrella and walked out with handfuls of cash, police said.
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An arrest has been made in connection with a series of bank robberies in San Francisco committed by a man dubbed the “Plaid Bandit,” FBI officials said today.Donald Gene Booth, 68, was arrested Tuesday at his home in San Francisco and was scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court.
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The bank robber law enforcement officials have dubbed the “Mr. Magoo Bandit” has struck again.The suspect has been linked to 12 bank robberies throughout California, one of the most recent of which was in the Bay Area, according to the FBI.
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