March 25, 2014
With the news of 6 SFPD Officers being indicted by federal prosecuters, the $50,000 question is: Are things back to normal in SF, or will more people than ever be arrested for alleged marijuana offenses, or have they had their fill?
I've been arrested more times than anyone since “Brownie Mary” in 20 years.
This leads to the question: Is this just part of the new gentrification, or a way to get some of the heat off of SFPD? After all, 6 members of this elite fighting farce have been indicted on federal corruption charges!
The weather hasn’t been fair enough to people-watch and find out.
With sunnier weather due, time will tell that charges will have been dropped and I have to “go through it” to get my money back. But I plan to do just that!
Stay tuned!
Later...
So I left off exactly a week ago today on this story. I went to 850 Bryant Street today to retrieve my money. The clerk I spoke to was very helpful but I didn’t have all my ducks in a row, so I'll have to go back.
What I found to be particularly alarming is that right before I went to check on my money, one of the previous arresting officers came in the restroom while I was there and left before me. I felt like I was being followed, but even more alarming is that while I was checking on my money an officer who I’m sure I had no previous contact with came out and stared at me the same way murderers have stared at me!
Money has been retrieved.
Time to occupy my time some other way other than hanging out at Dolores Park though. I can handle going to jail for no reason, but it seems like my time could be used more productively to find my way out of the nightmare San Francisco has become.