Thread by @jrivanob

SFPD has kenneled several dozen seemingly young kids & skaters at Dolores Park after an hours-long slow-moving chase to shut down the annual “hill bomb”

Cops have trapped the group between rows of officers

The group is being forced to sit, it is unclear if they are under arrest

SFPD was earlier in the evening moving from corner to corner, clearing intersections

Skaters moved from block to block evading the police, tagging up some Muni cars & buildings

The crowd eventually dwindled, the kids who are remaining were caught between two groups of police

A sergeant on scene said they are all being arrested, 50-60 people

A high schooler who was with the group earlier said the group is almost entirely teenagers

He got away but an officer swung at him with a baton, he said

It’s unclear what the charges are

A crowd of bystanders is shouting “Let them go!”

SFPD have brought out boxes of zip ties & officers have begun loosening then, seemingly in preparation for a mass arrest

The kids are still on the ground

It’s the second time in less than a week that a mainstay Mission event has been forcibly shut down by SFPD

Officers chased crowds on July 4 who had gathered to set off fireworks at corners used for festivities every year

missionlocal.org/2023/07/breaki…

The vans have arrived to cart people off

They’re taking photos of the zip-tied teens one by one and putting them in the back of their vans

There is a large pile of zip ties on the ground, the majority of the group is still awaiting processing

There are at least four vans here to cart them off

Parents have for last hour been angrily arguing with police, demanding to see their children

SFPD says parents can pick up their kids at Mission Station, 2 blocks away

Parents are livid their kids can’t be immediately released to them

2 Muni buses are being used for transport

One of the buses has driven off, barely filled with kids, two blocks away to Mission Station

The kids shout as they’re being driven off

Their parents and friends are laughing that SFPD is using a bus to move kids down the street

kettled***

From midnight till 3:45 a.m. & counting, parents have been waiting as kids are put onto buses & driven a block away to Mission Station

They’re processed there for hours

Kids are then let out one by one, all with charges for inciting rioting, failure to disperse, & conspiracy

It’s 4 a.m. & there are still 4 children left, in a room with a dozen officers, presumably waiting for their parents or other family

One woman just fetched her grandson, saying she was asleep & had to drive in from Millbrae

Parents have come from Daly City, San Mateo, Richmond

The last kid has been picked up by his parents, who said they live an hour away

An unknown number of others over the age of 18 were taken to 850 Bryant, the Hall of Justice

Police said they would likely be held overnight

Several kids had siblings or friends there

One kid, who stayed around Mission Station waiting for his 18-year-old brother, was not told that his brother wouldn’t be released

He left, walking alone at 4 in the morning through the Mission to get home