SFPD Raid Yielded 86 Arrests But Only One Drug-Dealing Charge, and That Person Was Just Found Not Guilty

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/10/sfpds-jefferson-park-raid-yielded-85-arrests-but-only-one-drug-dealing-charge-that-person-was-just-found-not-guilty/A very anticlimactic ending to that much-ballyhooed February SFPD raid of Jefferson Square Park where 86 people were arrested: Only one suspect actually faced felony drug charges, and he was just acquitted of those charges. Boy did new Mayor Daniel Lurie and then-SFPD Chief Bill Scott make a big to-do over their February 2025 late-night raid of Jefferson Square Park, which even had the international press covering the raid and referring to that park as “Zombie Park.” At first glance, the raid appeared to be a roaring success for Lurie and the SFPD, with a reported 86 arrests. “I want everyone to hear this,”