Mother Nature Saves SFPD From Long Night of Planned Protests
Some 150 people who are really pissed at the police marched through the city's Mission District last night accusing the SFPD of using a little too much force against an 18-year-old San Francisco man. 
Griz415 via YouTube The cops vs. Kevin Clark
The protest, which was sparked by a recent YouTube video showing two cops "pushing Kevin Clark into a storm grate," started out just as you expect a protest to start out in the Mission: lots of walking, chanting, anti-cop posters, and lots of police standing by ready for action.
And then the rain fell, washing all protesters away.
According to KTVU, police were geared up and ready for a night of rallies and maybe more; however, the protest came to an abrupt end when the rain started pouring down about 7 p.m. "The crowd started clearing out, which was a relief to police who were ready for a long night," KTVU reports.
In any event, the wet weather didn't wash away the protesters' anger with police; the group has been making some noise, saying "the gentrification of the Mission district is pushing out the working-class communities of color, and the police are increasing their harassment and brutality against the people."
They're using this scene below as the latest example. As you will see, the video shows two cops getting into it with Clark about two weeks ago in the Mission District. However, police have said the officers did nothing wrong -- they were simply trying to apprehend Clark, who had allegedly assaulted someone minutes before the video was taken, according to Sgt. Michael Andraychak.
"Nothing from what I've seen in this video shows anything unreasonable in what the officers did," Andraychak said. "Anyone who commits a violent crime in the presence of two police officers that person needs to be stopped and the incident investigated."
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