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Frisco 5 Protesters Occupy City Hall

Frisco 5 Protesters Occupy City Hall

Protesters Allege Police Misconduct By Marco Siler-Gonzales Those protesting at City Hall identify themselves as the Frisco 500 in solidarity with the five people (dubbed the Frisco Five) who held a hunger strike from April 21 to May 7 to demand the firing or resignation of San Francisco Police

Hunger Strikers March to City Hall, Mayor Is a No Show

Hunger Strikers March to City Hall, Mayor Is a No Show

By Marco Siler-Gonzales The San Francisco hunger strikers dubbed the Frisco Five rolled to the doorstep of City Hall in wheelchairs on May 3, demanding the mayor fire San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr, but the mayor was not there. The Frisco Five—Edwin Lindo, 29; Cristina Gutierrez, 66;

Lowriders Occupy Mission Police Station

Lowriders Occupy Mission Police Station

By Marco Siler-Gonzales The thundering grumble of lowriders ignited the street corridors of Valencia Street as a procession of the restored marvels were brought to rest in front of the Mission Police Station on May 1 in support of the ongoing hunger strike. Benjamin Bac Sierra, a City College

Hunger Strike Continues, Lee and Suhr Respond

Hunger Strike Continues, Lee and Suhr Respond

COMMUNITY ACTIVISM By Marco Siler-Gonzales Just outside the entrance of the Mission Police Station, community members are actively starving themselves. Since April 21, five activists have gone without food in a collective effort to shed light on the police violence against people of color and have said they will