Posted on 07/09/2005 8:55:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco police officer injured at an anarchists' protest remained hospitalized Saturday as Mayor Gavin Newsom vowed to get tough on violent demonstrators.
The unidentified officer suffered a gash to his head when was struck with an unknown object as he confronted protesters late Friday at Mission and 23rd Street, said police officer Maria Oropeza.
A photo taken by a passer-by and aired on KRON 4 news shows an officer, his head and face covered in blood, kneeling on the ground and clutching his police radio.
Cody Tarlow, 21, of Felton and Doritt Earnst, 31, of Berkeley were arrested in the incident, along with a third suspect who refused to give police his name, according to officials. Each was charged with attempted lynching, malicious mischief, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, among other charges, according to Oropeza.
"We take these things very seriously," Newsom said Saturday. "This time things got out of control. Next time we're going to be much more vigilant."
The confrontation occurred as the officer responded to reports of vandalism by a splinter group of about 50 protesters, many in hats with bandanas over their faces, who had broken off from a main demonstration earlier in the evening, according to Oropeza.
About 10 p.m. protesters threw a mattress beneath the officer's patrol car intending to ignite it, Oropeza said. The officer was struck when he exited his car, according to police.
The demonstration was organized in part by Anarchist Action. An anarchist web site called for protests in San Francisco Friday to protest the Group of 8 economic summit in Scotland.
Think Bill and Hill, without the drugs.
They started by trying to ignite the mattress under his patrol car!!!?? This is not a protest; it's vicious criminal activity. Jail is too good for them.
When the first rock or bottle flies, the whole mob should be gunned down in the street like mad dogs.
-ccm
Though they don't post the photos of the injured officer, because they are "too graphic," they have no problem posting images of a cop on top of an anarchist rioter and photos of the anarchists burning an American flag.
If you scroll down the blog to "Update 3," you can click on the link to the SF Indy Media post which DOES POST the images of the injured officer.
KRON removed the photos and now only have links, but some really very funny comments followed the anarchist's threats of using the laws that he earlier rioted against to take down the evil capitalist KRON.
Mayor Gruesome is only peeved because the whole gig went down on live tape and he's gotta get his rotted hide out and feign outrage.
Which freeper posted "All your jpeg are belong to us."
Thanks for the link. That police officer took a good whack to the head.
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