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Jul 11, 17
Filed under: IGD
Cover Photo from Mark Rabine
Clashes broke out after 8 PM in San Francisco, California, as hundreds of young skateboarders gathered at Dolores Park in the working-class Mission District. Corporate mainstream media reported that skaters were riding their boards up and down the street and congregating in large numbers to participate in a series of races, which drew a large police presence. This set in motion a large larger standoff. People posting on social media at the park reported that hundreds of skaters started chanting, “Fuck the Police.” The tension escalated when one police officer stuck his arm out, causing one skateboarder to fall to the ground and crash, sending him to the hospital. You can see the police officer hit the skater in the below clip:
#sfpolice purposely push skateboarder into car causing serious injury @nbcbayarea @SFGate @SFist pic.twitter.com/NBkKSY58b0
— Joel Hamill (@j_oelhamill) July 12, 2017
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWc7xxNgyCH/
As tension built, skaters are reported to have broken out the windows of two SF police cars, and police report that they “took projectiles.” In response, police opened fire on the crowd with so-called “less lethal” rubber bullets, as youths gathered to support their friend who was injured. Mainstream media predictably encouraged youth and locals to avoid the area for fear that the scene will evolve into a larger rebellion.
Update at 9:22 PM: Paramedics finally arrive to take injured skateboarder away in ambulance.
#sfpolice pulls out shotgun immediately after fellow cop assaults skateboarder @kron4news @SFist @SFGate pic.twitter.com/BAYuBgs0pZ
— Joel Hamill (@j_oelhamill) July 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/mich0robertson/status/884991512320389120
Police drove into a skateboarder while trying to block the hill at Dolores Park pic.twitter.com/Mg3eU67PhC
— Barry O'Reilly (@barryoreilly) July 12, 2017
Mod forming at #Dolores park #SF people chanting "fuck the police" … Scene starting to get chaotic pic.twitter.com/DFONhTPY7r
— Adrian Arizmendi (@arizerg) July 12, 2017
Meanwhile in #SanFrancisco…#DoloresPark #SF #Dolores #Skateboarding pic.twitter.com/b9kU9KuEhB
— jimmy alto (@jimmyalto) July 12, 2017
SFPD Blocks Off Dolores Park After Standoff With Skateboarders https://t.co/2VCbcEVCSr by @reporterjpark and @YourProtagonist pic.twitter.com/2c8lrFkfs9
— Hoodline (@Hoodline) July 12, 2017
Dolores Park tuesdays – guy smashes police car window with a skateboard, police shooting beanbags pic.twitter.com/oIMbog9g2e
— Lance Martin (@RLanceMartin) July 12, 2017
Skateboard comp becomes standoff between hundreds of skaters and hundreds of police at Dolores park pic.twitter.com/vfjpgb06Ou
— Anjali Madison (@anjaligrace) July 12, 2017
#BREAKING: Skateboarders take over #DoloresPark in SF. #SFPD stands down. Several injuries. pic.twitter.com/r6T5n7onrG
— Raj Mathai (@rajmathai) July 12, 2017
