FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 9, 2023
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Emma Tozer, GLIDE Foundation, etozer@glide.org, (301) 383-3128
Jessie Seyfer, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, jessie.seyfer@sfgov.org, (415) 851-2212
**MEDIA ADVISORY**
City Leaders, Traffic Safety Advocates and Civil Rights Orgs To Hold Press Conference Urging Police Commissioners to End Racially-Biased Traffic Stops in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — On Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m., the Coalition to End Biased Stops, made up of more than 110 civil rights attorneys, traffic safety groups, policy think tanks, and community organizations and advocates, will hold a press conference at San Francisco’s City Hall to call for an end to racially-biased police traffic stops, also known as “driving/biking/walking while Black or brown.” The press conference will be held in anticipation of the San Francisco Police Commission meeting on Jan. 11, at 5:30 p.m., where Commissioners will cast a historic vote on significant changes to the Police Department’s traffic enforcement policies. Should the Commissioners vote to adopt these changes, the new set of rules would be the most comprehensive policy in the country to address racially-biased traffic stops.
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
WHO:
Facilitated by: Miguel Bustos, GLIDE
Confirmed speakers:
Mano Raju, San Francisco Public Defender
Dean Preston, Supervisor District 5
Shamann Walton, Supervisor District 10
Max Carter-Oberstone, San Francisco Police Commissioner
Kevin Benedicto, San Francisco Police Commissioner
John Hamasaki, former Police Commissioner
Claire Amable, SF Bicycle Coalition
Brian Cox, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
Saundra Haggerty, GLIDE
Tracey Mixon, Coalition on Homelessness
Yoel Haile, ACLU of Northern California
Rigo Gomez, Community Resource Initiative
WHERE:
City Hall front steps
1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl
San Francisco, CA 94102
In the event of severe weather: Room 278 – City Hall
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