Outrage grows after video shows Marin cop dumping homeless person (with mental challenges) in SF

[Demovictory9]

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San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said his office is investigating a video shared by ABC7 showing a San Rafael police officer dropping off a homeless man on the streets of San Francisco.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Marin-police-drops-off-homeless-person-in-sf-17394906.pht

ABC7 obtained the clip from a San Francisco resident who took the footage of the officer leaving the man in a residential Inner Richmond neighborhood at 14th Avenue near Lake Street on July 30. After the San Rafael Police Department officer left, the man proceeded to light an object on fire and throw rocks, and neighbors called the San Francisco Police Department, the TV station said.

"While we are just beginning to look into this, make no mistake — we will hold any jurisdiction accountable that is proven to engage in this behavior," Chiu wrote on Twitter. "It's disturbing that another jurisdiction would drop off someone experiencing homelessness or mental health challenges in the middle of a residential neighborhood in SF with no resources around."

Lt. Scott Eberle, a spokesperson for the San Rafael Police Department, told KTVU that the officer brought the man to SF after he threatened a security guard at the Northgate Mall. The man allegedly told the officer he wanted to go to the city. Eberle told SFGATE in an email that the city of San Rafael wants to apologize to the city of San Francisco and the residents of the neighborhood where the man was left.

[eissa]

1. Just one of thousands that other cities dump in SF

Happens all the time. I live an hour east of SF and this exact scenario was captured on video of a neighboring city dumping homeless in our downtown, which has seen an exploding number of homeless in the last few years.

[Demovictory9]

2. and people claim blue cities have homeless problem

[rockfordfile]

3. What's a "mental challenges" person doing being homeless? Seems they should be in a hospital

[kimbutgar]

4. As a native San Franciscan this has been going on for a long time

SF is known as a place you can get services. A friend of mine who was homeless thought about coming to SF and I told her no stay in Marin county and she ended up getting the services she’s needed. She was told by Marin county to apply In SF.

Sadly that young man is probably autistic and his family abandoned him to the streets.