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Earl Sanders, first Black San Francisco police chief, dies at 83
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Then-Assistant Chief of Police Earl Sanders investigated the 101 California mass shooting when he was in the homicide unit.Deanne Fitzmaurice / The Chronicle 1998Show MoreShow Less
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Assistant Chief of Police at SFPD, Earl Sanders investigated the 101 California shootings July 1, 1993, when he was in the homicide unit. Sanders, who would later be elevated to chief of police, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.Deanne Fitzmaurice / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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San Francisco Police Chief Earl Sanders and his wife, Espanola Sanders, appear at the San Francisco Hall of Justice Tuesday, March 4, 2003.Noah Berger / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less ....

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