San fran female cop rescued by bystanders after she was jumped by a homeless man

[powderman]

   
San fran female cop rescued by bystanders after she was jumped by a homeless man
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San Francisco cop rescued by bystanders after brazen attack caught on video
The San Francisco Police Officers Association said the officer was working solo because of a staffing shortage
By David Aaro | Fox News

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Bystanders on Friday were captured on surveillance video rescuing a San Francisco police officer moments after she was attacked in the city's Chinatown, reports said.

The Asian officer responded to a call about an individual who was making racially motivated threats. The suspect was identified by police as Gerardo Contreras, 33, according to reports.

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Surveillance video shows the officer ordering the man in the video to put his hands on his head. The man appears to comply, but when asked if he had any weapons in his possession, he becomes violent, the video appears to show.


The man in the video appears to overpower the officer and wrestles her to the ground. Bystanders rush in to assist the officer.

"He's a big guy, he was not letting go. He had a death grip on her. And he was not letting go," says Michael Waldorf, who had just finished eating dinner with his family when he jumped in to help, according to San Francisco's KGO-TV. "I saw it as an emergency. She needed our help and she needed it right away."

Waldorf was one of several bystanders who jumped into action. The officer was able to regain control and backup arrived soon after.

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The officer, who has yet to be identified, suffered a bloody nose and minor injuries, according to KGO-TV.

The attack is currently under investigation. Police have yet to say whether it will be investigating as a hate crime.


Community activist Max Leong told FOX 2 that people in that area of the city know Contreras and that he appears to have mental health issues.

"He's been kind of a fixture here in San Francisco Chinatown," Leong said. "It speaks to the fact more services need to be provided for the mentally ill."

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The San Francisco Police Officers Association tweeted their appreciation for the bystanders who jumped in to help rescue the officer.

"We’ve seen a rise in violent attacks by homeless individuals, including attacks on police officers," the union wrote. "We are deeply grateful to these citizens who rushed to our officer’s aide. Our staffing shortage left this officer working alone instead of with a partner."

[Dee]

An unusual, and rare event indeed.

[Mule 11]

I agree. Most just  watch as if in front of there boob tube...

[DDZ]

I'm surprised one of the ones trying to help didn't give the fatso a knee to the head. I also have to think the fatso would never have been able to do that to a male cop, hired under the old standards of having to be in shape. I just don't think women should be street cops. Just for their own safety and for others. They clearly can't handle a males strength.  She was lucky those citizens came to her aid.   

[Fixit]

I've not seen all of the anti asian violence reports, but I've seen a common thread concerning what variety of person seems to be doing most of the violence....and they ain't white! It's a shame the media doesn't notice that detail. (Yeah, right.... they don't want viewers to key in on that, do they?)

[Ranger99]

   
. . . he becomes violent

. . . people in that area of the city know Contreras and that he appears to have mental health issues.

"He's been kind of a fixture here in San Francisco Chinatown," Leong said. . . .

JMHO- I still can't figure why this country is so
hesitant to put the criminally insane in some
kind of detention facility.
They already knew he was nuts, and yet he's
running around willy nilly to where he can
potentially kill a police officer or citizen

[ironglows]

.
  I believe it was back in the1970s and 1990s when the left came up with turning the mental illness holding facilities into prisons, and turning  ill out into the street!

[Ranger99]

We had one here a while back
that chopped up a jogger with
a machete. He was a known
nutcase with records of such,
but there he was, out and about
loose as a goose.
And the man he chopped up
is still dead. Many in this area
made excuses and talked of all
the victims this and that blah blah.
The murdered man was the victim

[powderman]

I'm surprised one of the ones trying to help didn't give the fatso a knee to the head. I also have to think the fatso would never have been able to do that to a male cop, hired under the old standards of having to be in shape. I just don't think women should be street cops. Just for their own safety and for others. They clearly can't handle a males strength.  She was lucky those citizens came to her aid.

DDZ. Agreed Sir. There are plenty of jobs females can do, a street cop is NOT one of them. Same thing in LOU KY more than once. Seems the criteria in Lou is they gotta be black and at least 50+ lbs overweight. CHARLIE,