Inside the SFPD Police Scandal

march 7, 2003  02:36 pm
Inside the SFPD Police Scandal
In an exclusive story, the San Francisco Bay Guardian's A.C. Thompson reveals new evidence that suggests Police Chief Earl Sanders hid crucial evidence in a high-profile murder case. Sanders, the city's first African-American police chief, and nine other cops were recently indicted on obstruction of justice charges for an alleged cover-up of police brutality. Despite this, Sanders "enjoys a storied reputation as a heroic, squeaky clean cop," Thompson writes. He reveals, however, that this cover-up may not have been Sanders' first.