actually, there's already been instances of non-black bystanders being shot. there was a shooting on the 4th of july in 2006 where some random girl was shot once or twice in the leg [?] on the corner of haight and webster. and about a year before that, a guy i know was shot in the hand by a stray bullet at haight and fillmore. both white. both totally uninvolved. that pretty much made it clear that the police definitely don't care about the race of the victim, and they're not going to start caring just because someone is white. in fact, they most likely consider it an occupational hazard to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. you know, it's your fault for being there if you get hit.

do i think that the sfpd cares about whether the violence is getting out of hand, but i think it's just gotten so out of hand that they've adopted a closed-door policy on the matter in order to keep from alarming the public. what they don't realize is that their being so quiet is what's most alarming about the whole situation.