Supervisor presses SFPD on Pride weekend arrests, cites ‘horrifying overreaction’ 22%
By Madeline Taub0%
7/17/2026, 10:04:18 PM
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Supervisor Jackie Fielder is deepening her probe into the Pride Weekend clashes between attendees and police that led to 25 arrests, citing reports from families at the Trans March of the SFPD’s “horrifying overreaction” to alleged vandalism.
In a July 16 letter of inquiry addressed to San Francisco Police Department Chief Derrick Lew, Fielder asked for additional details on officers’ actions during the Trans March on June 26 and the unpermitted annual street party “Stud Alley” the following day.
On the evening of June 26, the SFPD responded to reports of individuals spray-painting property, including surveillance cameras, along the march route in the Mission.
Police say a crowd surrounded and assaulted officers in an attempt to free the suspects.
Officers arrested five people on charges that included felony vandalism, criminal conspiracy, and resisting arrest.
The following evening, police attempted to shut down the roughly 300-person Stud Alley street party in SoMa.
Officers again clashed with attendees, and 20 people were arrested on charges of unlawful assembly.
Fielder’s inquiry cites a July 1 letter from Rainbow Families Action, an organization of parents of “trans and gender-expansive youth” about the police response to the Trans Pride march.
The letter claims officers sped recklessly, ran with guns drawn, and created a “scene of panic and chaos” in their response to the vandalism.
The letter quotes Lew saying at a press conference that “if you break the law in San Francisco, you will be held accountable.”
“Apparently 9-year-old children needed a message,” Rainbow Families Action’s letter states.
Fielder’s inquiry, which requests answers from the SFPD by July 23, includes questions on whether the police response came during regular-duty hours or overtime, the number of officers in specialized units assigned to the Trans March, and how officers are trained to engage with families with children that are caught in similar incidents.
Fielder previously sent letters of inquiry to Lew, Mayor Daniel Lurie, and Controller Greg Wagner seeking clarification on SFPD deployment during the march and Stud Ally, including a timeline of the response, further details from the reports, and the number of officers at the scene.
The SFPD responded that the framing of its response as targeting participants of the Trans March was not accurate.
Instead, the department said, officers were focused on a small number of people who were arrested after they “engaged in specific criminal conduct, including vandalism, unlawful assembly, and, at the Trans March, physically interfering with a lawful arrest.”
Trans March organizers met with Lurie on Monday to address the arrests.
The group presented the mayor with a letter of demands, including dropping all charges against people arrested at the events and replacing police officers with “civilian traffic management” at future marches.
Charles Lutvak, the mayor’s spokesman, said Lurie is “deeply invested” in the safety of the trans community in San Francisco.
“We are committed to cooperative efforts to ensure our LGBTQ+ community members can safely participate in Trans March and other Pride celebrations,” he said.
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