Single Mother Christiana Porter Beat by SFPD Last July

By JR Valrey
The Minister of Information

No matter how much time goes by, even after a Black man was president, a Black woman was Vice President, there has been a Black California Attorney General, there have been Black male and female mayors of San Francisco, not much has changed when it comes to police murder and terror of Black people when it comes to the “City by the Bay”. San Francisco currently has Black women that are mayor, police chief, and district attorney, and police terrorism persists and vigilante violence has still consistently been a social plague.
One of the City’s latest victims is a young single mother that is a resident of the Tenderloin district that’s in her 30’s by the name of Christiana Porter.

Last July, Christiana Porter was caught on camera innocently walking down Geary, minding her business, when SFPD Officer McFall initiated jumping out of his car and beating her because she did not hear his sirens, over the music in her earphones. Neve
Although San Francisco has a policy where police officers can’t stop jaywalkers, to cut down on documented racial profiling, other officers joined in on the terrorizing and manhandling of Ms. Porter before she was detained. The officers acted with impunity. Porter has lasting physical and pyschological injuries, and is working on a lawsuit. Here’s her story.

JR Valrey: What was going on with you on July 29th, before the police terrorized you?
Christiana Porter: I was printing out documents at Office Max, before I went to my Godfather’s house in the avenues. I was literally minding my business¸ handling business.

JR Valrey: When did you realize that the police were trying to stop you? Then, what happened?
Christiana Porter: I realized Officer Mcfall was trying to stop me, when he drove down the wrong side of the street, and jumped out of his car, with a lot of aggression on his face. I could instinctively tell that he wanted to harm me. My first thought was, “What did I do?” Please just leave me alone.”

JR Valrey: How many officers were involved in detaining you?
Christiana Porter: About four to five officers were involved in detaining me. A few more officers arrived at the scene, like I had just robbed a store or someone. Amongst those officers, was a female officer who did not try to calm me down, nor did she make eye contact. So, to me, that was weird and very much telling. I will keep saying this, but I am extremely thankful for the people who began protesting at the scene for me, It’s because of them, that I am still here.

JR Valrey: What kind of bodily injuries did this incident of police terrorism cause?
Christiana Porter: I have sustained injuries of a right separated shoulder, with torn clavicle ligaments, and nerve compression (nerve damage), and a concussion, with lingering post-concussion symptoms, aka a TBI (traumatic brain injury). I have headaches, and “nerve spams” throughout my entire body. No form of medication was helping with my pain, so I resorted to a chocolate bar form of mushrooms, that provided immediate relief from the pain.

JR Valrey: Do you have psychological injuries? Please talk about how you have been traumatized?
Christiana Porter: Yes, of course I have developed a psychological injury. In fact, a few, such as, PTSD, anxiety, and depression. At first, I was terrified to come outside, but having a resilient spirit, I told myself, I cannot live in fear. This happened to me for a reason, the way it did, and I have to continue reclaiming my life, by reclaiming my power. However, I know living with PTSD and anxiety, will be a life-long injury, as I will never be able to trust police. I’m scared to even talk to another officer at this point, and I do my best to avoid any place, I know there will be a police presence.

JR Valrey: How have your children been affected by this ordeal?
Christiana Porter: I feel like it was initial state of shock for everybody. It was almost as if my children were “numb” at first. Like it took a moment for it to all process for them. Then, the relief came that their mother is still alive, because we have all seen countless times, many of our loved ones, who look like us, become unalived by the hands of police. I have shown my children documentaries, movies, etc., about the way Black people are treated by society. So, when they seen this ordeal happen to their mother, it was like “thank GOD, she’s still alive.”

JR Valrey: How has this act of police terrorism affected your everyday life?
Christiana Porter: I don’t feel like the same person anymore. I feel paranoid most of the time, my anxiety is at an all-time functioning high, and I’m not as trusting of people as I used to be. On top of that, my whole life has changed has be completely. The physical injuries have caused me to be out of work, drop out of film school, and not being able to fully enjoy life. I truly feel like the life I was working to reclaim, was sucked out of me. I am also being consistently surveilled by SFPD.

JR Valrey: Have any of the SFPD officers involved been punished for what they did to you?
Christiana Porter: To my current knowledge, there is no punishment whatsoever for these officers. Officer McFall is still on active duty. And I just want to add the blatant disrespect of the city attorney, David Chu by denying my claim of injury by Officer McFall and his fellow officers. Especially when this incident was captured on video, and bystanders are saying, “I did nothing wrong”, in the video. My question for David Chu is, ‘if I were of Asian descent, would you still have denied my claim?”

JR Valrey: Can you talk about the activism that you have been involved in, and why you think that this act of police terrorism could have been connected to it?
Christiana Porter: I have been doing active advocacy work with COMPASS in Frisco, and entering the political world, meeting with Department Heads, supervisors, mayor candidates, etc., I immediately noticed the “numbers game” the politicians play, and how they play in our face with pacifying solutions aka the “performative politics,” and I was extremely passionate about that.
So, I been speaking about it, and letting them know, “I’m here to advocate for my Black community, and it will take for our community to establish our own private sector government, to really have a playing field. I will never forget the looks I would get like I had sh*t on my face or something. I do feel like this incident was directly related to me speaking out in various forms, to silence me and discourage me from continuing the work I started to do. I don’t know if I’m ready to call myself a Revolutionary, but I feel like I am one in the making.

JR Valrey: What is the legal standing of this case?
Christiana Porter: All I know is David Chu denied my claim, which is sadly not surprising. However, I will say this, legally Officer Mcfall, his fellow officers, and the San Francisco Police Department, will not get away with what they did to me. Especially, when that officer had no merit to stop and frisk me, a woman, minding her business in the first place.

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