Tag Archives: Banko Brown

17 OCTOBER 2023/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) In the wake of April’s fatal Banko Brown shooting over an alleged Walgreens shoplifting incident, the SF Board of Supervisors passed a ban on security guards drawing guns for property crimes. But it wouldn’t be a shock if Mayor Breed vetoed the measure. Oddly,… Continue reading →

San Francisco supervisors unanimously passed a law Monday that limits private security guards’ right to wield a firearm. The law, drafted in response to the killing of Banko Brown outside a Walgreens on Market Street earlier this year, was sponsored by Supervisor Dean Preston. Assuming the bill is signed into… Continue reading →

28 JULY 2023/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) This is by no means the end of the legal recriminations in the fatal shooting of Banko Brown by a Walgreens security guard, but the guard in question has been fined $1,500 by the state’s Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Yesterday was the… Continue reading →

24 MAY 2023/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) California State Attorney General Rob Bonta has agreed to review the evidence in the case of the shooting death of 24-year-old Banko Brown, and whether SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins made the right call in declining to press charges. Responding to calls from the… Continue reading →

Vocal rally today, comments at Police Commission show community anger at the mayor and her DA By TIM REDMOND MAY 17, 2023 (48Hills.org) A sizable and loud crowd gathered in front of the office of District Attorney Brook Jenkins today to demand justice for Banko Brown—and in some cases, to… Continue reading →

May 17, 2023 Today, a press conference and protest was held outside of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ office, where 100+ community leaders, activists, and organizers gathered to demand justice for the murder of Banko Brown. As most of you know by now, the killing of Banko in April was yet… Continue reading →

Attorney John Burris says Walgreens ‘sent out an unguided missile.’ Now a young Black trans man is dead. By TIM REDMOND MAY 15, 2023 (48Hills.org) As I wrote last week, I don’t see how Brooke Jenkins and London Breed get out of this. Jenkins was forced by public pressure, and pressure… Continue reading →

San Francisco lawmakers are calling on state and federal officials to review evidence in last month’s killing of Banko Brown after The City’s top prosecutor decided not to file charges. Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin on Tuesday introduced a resolution that would call upon California Attorney General Rob Bonta or the U.S. Department of… Continue reading →

15 MAY 2023/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Monday that her office has come to a final decision not to file charges against the Walgreens security guard accused of shooting alleged shoplifter Banko Brown, and with the decision the surveillance footage from the case has… Continue reading →