Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

Allegations against another prominent Democrat in San Francisco have led to new concerns about how the party will better support survivors.

The San Francisco landmark’s closure can’t be directly attributed to crime or homelessness as reactionary commentators and politicians claimed.

The Compton’s Cafe Riot in 1966 is now seen as representative of the intertwined issues of police brutality, race and transgender rights.

Police arrested 115—including at least one 12-year-old—as violence and vandalism broke out at the unsanctioned skating event.

The agreement is a key reform effort that put the District Attorney’s Office in charge of investigating police shootings in San Francisco.