SF Community Holds Discussion on Banko Brown Case

There was a wide-ranging community discussion of the death of Banko Brown in San Francisco’s Mission District Wednesday.

It’s a highly charged issue that elicits strong emotion on all sides.

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Moderator Joe Eskenazi of Mission Local joined activist Honey Mahogany and Geoffrea Morris, the president of the Democratic Party of San Francisco for the event.

Brown, a transgender Black man, was shot and killed by a black security guard at the Market Street Walgreen’s last month while allegedly shoplifting a bag of snacks.

Terry McSweeney has more in the video above.