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SF Board of Supervisors Reverses Ruling On Police Using Robots In Certain Deadly Force Situations

December 7, 2022 4:41 pm

After a week of protests following the San Francisco Board of Supervisors decision to allow the SFPD to use robots for deadly force in limited situations, the Board reversed their decision on Tuesday. The battle over allowing police robots to...

San Francisco’s Failing Political Policies Should Forewarn the Country

December 7, 2022 9:09 amDecember 9, 2022 7:40 am

It’s not a secret that San Francisco is a “dumpster fire,” as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently called it. San Francisco was once named the most beautiful city in America. The city is utterly calamitous today with decades of Democrat...

San Francisco Elections Director Could Lose His Job Because He is White

December 2, 2022 8:08 amDecember 2, 2022 8:15 am

The Merriam Webster online dictionary defines the word alliteration as: Alliteration (noun) uh-lit-uh–rey-shuhn: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs). Called also head rhyme, initial rhyme. I gained an appreciation for writing from my...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve Police Robots For Deadly Force Situations

November 30, 2022 12:13 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a new policy on Tuesday in an 8-3 vote that will allow the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to use remotely-operated robots with explosives in extreme situations where lives are at risk. The...

Elite Lowell School Back in the News

November 29, 2022 2:45 amNovember 28, 2022 8:19 pm

This is Part II of a series reporting on San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School as it returns to merit-based admissions. In June of this year I reported on the decision of the San Francisco United School District Board which...

Union Square Robbery Saturday Renews SF Retailer Fears Of Another Crime Laden Holiday Season

November 28, 2022 12:56 pm

A weekend robbery of a Leica store in San Francisco’s Union Square totaling $180,000 in stolen merchandise and $20,000 in damages raised new concerns for shoppers this week as promises to create a safer experience following a string of high-profile...

SFPD Pushes For Police Robots For Deadly Force Situations

November 25, 2022 3:29 pmNovember 25, 2022 3:30 pm

According to a new policy draft released earlier this week, the San Francisco Police Department continued to push forward a proposal that would allow them to use robots to use deadly force in situations where lives are at risk, with...