Gonna get worse in the city again Vol. SFPD

[dman14]

http://sfist.com/2016/02/09/all_three_alleged_doughnut-doers_ki.php


All Three Alleged Doughnut-Doers Killed In Fiery SoMa Crash Were Visiting SF From The East Bay
by Eve Batey in News on Feb 9, 2016 11:05 am

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Pittsburgh High School student Roland Zanie was killed in a SoMa vehicle crash Sunday following a brief flight from CHP. Screengrab: ABC7
Three men who were allegedly doing doughnuts in SoMa before fleeing from police, crashing, and dying Saturday evening have been identified — and a family member of one of the victims says the cops might be to blame for their death.

You likely remember the story: a California Highway Patrol spokesperson says that they received reports of doughnut-doing at Fifth and Brannan Streets at around 9:20 p.m. Saturday. As officers arrived the driver of the alleged doughnut-doing vehicle (a white, 4-door Chevy SS sedan, a witness told SFist) "sped off" and ran many red lights.

Though CHP says that the officer then ceased the pursuit "because he thought it was too dangerous," the driver of the Chevy continued, striking a cab at Ninth and Brannan and bursting into flames.

The taxi driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover, CHP says. Two men were trapped in the Chevy and died in the blaze, The third was ejected on impact, and was also dead at the scene.

ABC7 reports that the three men killed were Pittsburg High School student Roland Zanie, 27-year-old Bay Point man Gene Mollique Jr., and 31-year-old David Hamilton III, of Antioch.

In an odd note, ABC7 reports in an earlier story, "Zanie's stepmother says his father is a deputy sheriff with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department." A spokesperson with the SF Sheriff's department could not confirm that detail with SFist.

All three were reportedly heading home from Super Bowl City's NFL Experience when witnesses say that they were spotted doing doughnuts and racing "a blue Viper or Corvette and a black Charger" at speeds exceeding 80 miles an hour.

According to Zanie's sister, who spoke with ABC7, the police bear some of the blame in this case.

"I just feel like they shouldn't have been pursuing them in the first place," she said, "with the city being so crowded at that moment."

Zanie's best friend takes a different approach, and holds the driver responsible.

"If you take a person on a high-speed chase, honestly you're being selfish," he says.

"You're not thinking about the people that are in the car with you."

police chase and cars exploded after crashing, killing drivers and passengers
heard a bunch of sirens the other night and wasn't sure what was going on until i saw the news, thought a building was burning down

 

[gentrification]

Yea but people act hella out of pocket in sf on the weekends. Dudes from the boonies don't know how to act in a city. 

 

[Fong$tarr]

Yea but people act hella out of pocket in sf on the weekend. Dudes from the boonies don't know how to act in a city. 

Pretty much this. It's funny how people from SF (that are not natives) complain about when east bay people come to SF. They are like "get out of my city" when they are from New York or some BS. To be fare, I say that too and I live in SF and I am originally from Richmond but that is just me being old a cranky about my dumb bus commute.

This scenario was unfortunately circumstance. I don't think anything will change in the city because of this. SF made their millions and millions of dollars this whole weekend. They are happy they had the Super Bowl here.

 

[itshlittt]

inb4 state wars NY > SF

 

[lovehateself]

thread title is misleading

plan to do donuts on y'all streets when im up there next weekend

 

[onetrust]

i HAVE NO sympathy for these clowns.

at the victim's sister too:

"I just feel like they shouldn't have been pursuing them in the first place," she said, "with the city being so crowded at that moment."


Man, GET the F outta here. Oh, so what should the cops have done? Let your clown *** brother act a fool thinking he's a cool guy with his friends doing donuts in the SAME crowded city you're crying about.

I'm just happy NO innocent lives were lost from these idiots.

 

[lobotomybeats]

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[nawghtyhare]

Shouldn't have been doing donuts

 

[dirty]

is this news cause it happened in sf? cause this happens all over the bay (la to the bay was crackin)

 

[lovehateself]

people die from donuts everyday b