On a day that would otherwise pass into the quiet hall of routine, the Colma Police Department was drawn into a sequence of events ending with one San Francisco resident behind bars. According to a social media post from the Colma Police Department, what began as a simple traffic violation spiraled into a drug arrest and a struggle between officers and a suspect last Thursday.
In the 100 block of Colma Boulevard, an eastbound driver was seen making an illegal U-turn over a double yellow solid line by an officer, the post detailed. Now heading westbound, the vehicle was stopped in the BevMo parking lot, leading to a confrontation that quickly escalated. The male driver, found to be on probation with search terms from a neighboring county, complied with the initial request to exit the vehicle, but as officers attempted to search him, he began to tense his arms and pull away…