Witnesses: Local Man Beaten Down By Violent Shopkeeper in San Francisco

Friday, March 13, 2009 - Incident SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Witnesses Needed - 1300 Block of Polk Street Beating 7pm-Friday. March 13th, 2009- Directly in front of the Chai-Yo Thai Noodle Restaurant, one half block North of Bush Street, Polk District Neighborhood. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE. THIS IS ABOUT A HATE CRIME COMMITTED IN FRONT OF MORE THAN A DOZEN WITNESSES BY A PAIR OF SELF-DECLARED EXTREMISTS, WHO OWN/WORK AT THE POLK STREET SMOKE SHOP. Posted in the Public Interest by the CourtRecords Yahoo! Group (online since the 1990's). SFHomeless Yahoo! Group Moderators clipped from sfbay.craigslist.org <--- Click Here For Original Posting email this posting to a friend SF bay area craigslist > san francisco > local news and views Did you WITNESS BEATING -Polk St-Fri Mar. 13-Chai Yo Thai Restaurant ? (lower nob hill) Reply to: courtrecords@yahoo.com Date: 2009-03-19, 7:29PM PDT On Friday, March 13th, 2009, at around 6:50 PM, more than a dozen local residents and tourists saw a horrific beating of local resident, by two large, burly men who own or work at a nearby Smoke Shop. Witnesses saw the New Owners/Worker of the Polk Street Smoke Shop (located between Kimos and Chai-Yo Restaurant, across the street from H20 Cafe and the Funky Door Yoga and Polk Street Produce Store) chase a 140 lb. gay transgender resident out of their store, after the resident tried to get a pack of matches to light a cigarette with. The victim may or may not have even grabbed a lighter to light their cigarette with because the Smoke Shop Owners were mean and wanted to charge the victim $1.50 for a lighter they sell normally for a buck.... The two men from the Smoke Shop, were seen 'jumping' the victim from behind, punching and kicking him as he tried to flee from the confrontation. This victim was beaten down directly in front of the Chai-Yo Thai Noodle Restaurant at the corner of the 1300 block of Polk Street and Frank Norris Alley. After this victim was beaten down to the ground, the two men, both weighing between 175 and 210 lbs each, punched and kicked the victim, while laying on the ground trying to protect their face and vital parts. The two beaters shouted F***GOT and B**TCH as they beat on the victim. This was a felonious Hate Crime against one of our own local residents, who is not known to cause any harm or violence to others. We're not going to get into the details about how the SFPD Officers responded and what their conduct and behavior looked like because that is a matter currently under investigation by other authorities. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW WITNESSES THIS HORRIBLE HATE CRIME OR IF YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THESE NEW OWNERS OF THE POLK STREET SMOKE SHOP (according to city records, the old owners that we all liked sold this business to these new guys last month in February 2009), YOU ARE URGED TO SEND US AN EMAIL, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU HAPPENED TO TAKE ANY PHOTOS OF THE BEATING OR THE OFFICERS INVOLVED, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THOSE AS WELL. ALL THIS INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED DIRECTLY TO LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PROSECTORS, AS WELL AS MODIFIED COPIES (WITH THE WITNESS NAMES REMOVED) OF YOUR REPORTS WILL BE SENT TO VARIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGENCIES AND COMMISSIONS FOR THEIR RECORDS. As a courtesy, a copy will also be sent to SF Mayor Newsom's Offices and the SF Human Rights Commission. Thank you for helping us to keep us all safe from any resident who poses a threat to our good people and to keep us safe from bad local officers who REFUSE to follow the law and arrest violent, out of control people or that REFUSE to interview witnesses who are eager and ready to attest to what they saw that day. Enough said, for now. This email is being posted by the Courthouse_Gophers Yahoo! Group, serving the public interest since 1996. REPLY TO: courtrecords@yahoo.com it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests PostingID: 1083055009 Copyright © 2009 craigslist, inc. Get Clipmarks - The easiest way to email text, images and videos you find on the web.