A group of San Francisco police officers has been accused of “racial bias” in connection with the August 2022 arrest of a mentally ill man who pulled out a realistic prop gun and fired off multiple blanks, resulting in a 53-minute standoff that ended without anyone being hurt.

Police received a report of a bicycle theft in the Mission District on Aug. 6, 2022. Two officers spotted Jose Corvera, 52, pushing a bicycle while riding another one in the area just before 8 a.m. The officers approached him for questioning, and Corvera ran behind a car and crouched down with what looked like a functioning firearm. 

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