[VIDEO] The Occupation Of The Mission Police Station

On the anniversary of unarmed San Francisco resident Alex Nieto being shot 59 times, community members block the driveway at the Mission Police Station. Residents and supporters also detained a “tech bus” from Yahoo that was trespassing in the neighborhood. Protesters shut down the entire block of Valencia St. between 17th and 18th Streets for four hours and fifteen minutes: “415,” which is the police code for a “disturbance, and is also San Francisco’s area code. Community members gave speeches and spoken world performances accompanied by the Liberation Brass Orchestra and Bloco Loco. The four officers were tried in absentia by a Peoples Tribunal. After being found guilty, the Nieto’s smboloically ripped the officers badges to shreds and trampled them in the street.