San Francisco police officers broke down the door of a prominent West Oakland apartment building developed by former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown on Thursday afternoon.
According to the search warrant obtained by SFPD, the police were seeking items related to a robbery incident, including clothing worn by an 18-year-old suspect, a firearm, and a stolen “yellow metal chain.” They also appear to have been looking for the suspect himself.
A group of about two dozen officers, not in full uniform, searched and reportedly detained a young man, whom building staff identified as the suspect named in the warrant, outside of the 7th Street property. The teen doesn’t live in the building but often visits one of the residents, they said. The warrant says he lives in Pittsburg…