Mission Mission

Late yesterday morning, a silver PT Cruiser allegedly sped through a red light, hit a father and son out for a bike ride, and sped away. There were tons of witnesses, but none of the ones who stuck around actually recalled a full license plate number.

If you were there, and can help, please get in touch.

Full press release (includes contact info, case number, etc.) after the jump:

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Capp St. just continues to amaze.  The other night, around 1:30am, there was quite a commotion on the 700 block of Capp.  Looking outside my window, I notice that a number of my neighbors have their heads sticking out their windows staring down the block.  Suddenly I spot a vehicle that is parked perpendicular the flow of traffic with its high beams on two males punching each other.  By the time I stuck my head out my window, one of the guys has his hands around the other and is attempting to choke him.  Fairly disturbingly, the chokee goes between groaning and yelling “get your hands off my neck!”

Finally the guy being choked gets his foot on the other guy’s stomach, pushes him off, and they resume yelling and fighting standing up.  After a couple of minutes of punching, kicking, choking and pushing, I find my camera and start filming (tragically the film was too dark and could not be brightened, but you can still hear the audio).  The car that was parked, highlighting the show for all the on-lookers, apparently became bored and drove off.  For another two minutes, they proceeded to fight and the guy who was formerly being choked has had hit shirt ripped off.

After being knocked to the ground once again and enduring another round of choking, the chokee escaped, running down Capp St. wearing nothing but a pair of jeans.

Amazingly, the other guy decided not to flee the scene!  Instead, he stood around playing with his cell phone for another minute until a number of cops showed up, put a spotlight on him, cornered him, began questioning him and searching the area for weapons.  Inevitably they let him go.

In spite of all the onlookers, no one seemed very willing to jump in (myself included).  Talking with a few neighbors revealed a common fear: getting stabbed for helping out.

Mission Loc@l twitters so I can post their stories before they do:

“Robbery @ Safeway, Mission Street near Cesar Chavez. 2 suspects detained. One fled on bike going northbound on Mission. Cops searching area”

Anyone else see what went down?

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Reader Ray Fernandez says:

There was a shooting tonight on Florida between 21st and 20th, just a few doors down from the Pink Palace. We heard some shots and then a few minutes later there where police and emergency vehicles on the scene. We went out to check it out and I was standing by a woman giving her statement to the police and my friend noticed two shell casing at my feet. I told the police and they roped off the area.

Reader Zara found a stack of these fliers on her doorstep the other day, near 20th and SVN. “Report prostitutes, pimps and johns every time you see them,” it instructs. Looks like an effort to clean things up is underway. I like the typography.

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Intriguing exchange in the comments of another post, regarding an alleged increase in drug commerce in Dolores Park. Is it true?

SF Appeal reports:

Here’s the scoop on what went down this morning in the BART delays: SFPD arrested 27 year old Dion Jackson on drug charges after a kind of exciting pursuit: Jackson fled from officers, entered the 16th and Mission BART station, and ran along the trackway. BART turned off the power (and, of course, the trains) during the pursuit.

SFPD Pursuit Verified As Cause Of Morning’s BART Delays

Related:

BART Swing

BART Shit

BART Boner

Carleigh says:

Scott was hit by a car early this morning crossing 23rd @ Shotwell with dog. Scott can’t see. The coward didn’t say a word and drove off.

did anyone see an SUV hit a blind man crossing the street early this am? 23rd and Folsom; walking dog; hit n run; not cool.

Link and link.

An anonymous tipster tells us of pretty crazy scene from Saturday morning.  Allegedly two men were driving along Folsom and parked at the 22nd St light.  With multiple witnesses standing around the intersection, the passenger then got out of the car and started smashing the windows and body of an adjacent parked car with a large object (presumably a crowbar).  After making quite a scene and not even stealing anything, they sped off down Folsom.

Sexy Soup Cart got busted by the cops last night.  Good thing!  Nothing is more criminal than vegan Carrot Ginger Coconut Soup.

SF Weekly’s SFoodie blog called it Thursday:

What’s the likelihood that city authorities will stage a crackdown on scofflaw entrepreneurs, especially in the face of mainstream buzz? Conversations with officials from both the police and the Health Department suggested that while the city doesn’t currently seem to have much appetite for busts of vendors like Curtis the Crème Brulee Guy, Cookie Wag, Amuse Bouche, or Sexy Soup Lady, the possibility of future action is real.

Richard Lee, the city’s director of Health Regulatory Programs, told SFoodie that action against unlicensed vendors almost always comes from the police. “Anytime we see or know about a violation, we report it to the police,” said Lee. “They can shut the vendor down, and a lot of the time they might confiscate their food.” The Health Department has some two dozen inspectors crisscrossing the city to perform inspections of restaurants and other permitted facilities. When they notice a street vendor they suspect of being unlicensed, procedure calls for them to alert the cops.

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Early last month, Lee’s department was reportedly monitoring vendor tweets about when and where food sellers would show up to do business. He said it informed officers at Mission Station about suspected illegal sales. (link)

That said, Sexy Soup Lady speculated that last night’s bust might have not been provoked by City Hall, but by neighbors:

Cops were kinda cool (warning, no fine)…seemed like they were called by Linda St. residents. Have to find a new spot… StealthSoupCart.;) (link)

With hate potentially coming from multiple directions now, it will be interesting to see if the more production-oriented carts like Sexy Soup and Magic Curry can survive while dodging the police and regulators desperate for their absurd $10,000 permit fees.  Unfortunately, it sounds like more mobile street food vendors, which can easily evade the police, will be the only game in town in a couple of months.