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Two police officers handcuff a hot dog vendor on the ground, as another woman drags her daughter away on Sept. 8, 2024.
Video obtained by Mission Local shows San Francisco police tackled and handcuffed a woman on the Embarcadero on Sunday morning as her young daughter cried hysterically — during a confiscation of her hot dog stand.
The woman could be heard saying “Ya, me voy, me voy!” or “I’m leaving, I’m leaving!”
Onlookers filmed as the woman struggled on the pavement with two officers who were pulling her arms behind her back to handcuff her. A worker in a yellow Port of San Francisco vest blocked onlookers from approaching or filming up close.
“It’s ‘cause she fought with the officers,” another apparent Port employee in a yellow vest told an onlooker as he rolled the hot dog cart away. “These are being confiscated by the Department of Public Health.”
San Francisco police spokesperson Officer Robert Rueca said the woman “obstructed and delayed workers and assaulted” a Port employee during a confiscation for illegal vending, so officers detained her “for her actions.”