it's not like sfpd has nothing better to do

Are SFPD Officers Capable of Treating San Franciscans Like Human Beings?

Look SFPD, we get it.  Between all the gang wars, drug dealers, and cyclists riding through stop signs, you have your hands full.  The Mission is happening nearly every hour of every day, yet you somehow manage to keep the 'hood from looking like 7th and Market.  You deal with the complaints of geezer neighbors without totally ruining the fun.  You look away when we spark a joint.  And no one has ever watched you slap a pair of cuffs on Cold Beer Cold Water.

For all that, most residents give you well-deserved credit.

But every time we start thinking SFPD isn't all that bad, you go pull a stunt that reminds us all that you employ some of the most toolish douchebags to ever live in the City and County of San Francisco.

Take yesterday's closing of Sunday Streets.  Argubly one of the most successful civic events in the city, Sunday Streets brings thousands of San Franciscans from every corner of the city together to enjoy motor-free streets for five measly hours.  The streets are lined with musicians, neighbors barbequing on their stoops, local merchants and cooks flipping their wares, children learning bike polo, people adoring low riders, kids going nuts with chalk, art bikes, costumed rollerbladers, and even dance lessons.  The community the event fosters is enough to bring a smile to even the most cynical dipshit's face.

So when the public's time was up, how'd you close down the event?  Send officers walking down the street, politely telling people to move to the sidewalks? Dispatch the Mission's bicycle cops down Valencia to assist in winding the event down?  Strap rollerskates on officers dressed like The Village People and kick people off the streets?

No, you sent Officer Power Trip and his sidekick Sargent Shitbag down Valencia on motorcycles, wailing on their sirens, yelling over the loudspeaker to get on the sidewalk, and accelerating into crowds of people so they'd jump to the curb.  And it wasn't jump unemployed kids on fixies you treated like this.  No, these trailblazers in misdirected anger chirped their horns at families in the street, yelled at merchants that hurriedly dragged their belongings to the curb.  Hell, I even saw the officer pictured above accelerate his motorcycle right into former city supervisor and mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty and his volunteers.

Your department treats families, neighbors, and generally lovely people with the same respect you show #OpBART protesters.  What the fuck is wrong with you?

Cops Bustin' Biker's Balls This Week

The Snitch reports:

​The hefty cop with the handlebar mustache had a problem with a handlebar of a different sort. “Look,” he yelled at the despondent fixie-riding hipster he'd just flagged down, “do you have brakes on this thing or not?”

This didn't happen just once. At least one rider tried to explain that, like Fred Flintstone, his legs served as brakes. That answer didn't cut it.

Cyclists traversing Market Street this week have noticed an uptick of riders being flagged down and cited for rolling through red lights or stop signs — or, as in the case above, not having handlebar-mounted brakes. Apparently cyclists don't read San Francisco Police Department press releases — as, on Aug. 5, the cops were kind enough to announce they'd be doing this throughout the week.

The story goes on suggest blame the recent ticketing stings falls on bicyclists themselves, claiming that recently accidents in SOMA has forced SFPD's hands.  And while the checkpoint of sorts at 5th and Market will be winding down soon, SFPD suggests they'll keep up enforcement.

Idaho's laws sure are looking nice these days….

[SF Weekly | Photo by rmcnicholas]

Bake-Free Bake Sale Shut Down by SFPD

I guess this isn't horribly shocking, but the SF Weekly brings the world the news that Fat Cookies, the Dolores Park cookie dealers that slang their drug-free cookies like crack cocaine, was shut down by SFPD on Monday.  Why'd the police come down on them so quickly?  According to the Weekly, it was due to 'going viral' on the intertubes:

​Fat Cookies has become one of the most buzzed-about baking operations in San Francisco, if not the world. Every hour brings dozens of new Twitter followers and Facebook fans, writing things like “Just flew in from the UK will certainly visit!” and “I live nearly as far away from San Fran as possible ― in Germany ― but I hope to visit before the year is out….” Clusters of people stand outside Fat Cookies, taking photos and basking in the glow of the Next Big Thing.

One of the most buzzed-about baking operations in the world?  Foodie, please.  No doubt they have had a cool gimmick going for them, but have you ever dunked an Oreo in some milk before?  That shit is the jam

Anyway, regardless of the Weeky's exaggeration, Fat Cookies is the latest DIY food operation to get the axe thanks to all the publicity 'street food' gets.  Back to buying $10 weed cookies!

(link | photos by sandwichgirl)