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(From left) Adriana Camarena and Dyne Biancardi stand by Tana Hampton as she addresses the media on Oct. 10. Photo: Gabriel Vargas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After news reports began to circulate of SFPD shooting a man at 23rd and Mission streets on the morning of Dec. 7, a peaceful protest was held at the Mission Police Station on the evening of, Dec. 9, where the shooting victim\u2019s mother\u2014alongside members of the community who have been impacted by police violence\u2014revealed previously unknown details regarding the shooting. 
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In a last-minute announcement, the victim\u2019s mother, Tana Hampton, appeared at the rally emotionally distraught as to what has happened to her son, who she revealed to be Jamiaca Hampton, a 24-year-old hailing from Sacramento, California. She also revealed she has not been allowed to visit her son in the hospital and only found out what had happened to her son three days after the shooting took place.
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\u201cI want to see my son\u2019s face to know he is okay,\u201d Hampton\u2019s mother said. \u201cAnd the police will not let me in.\u201d
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Hours after the shooting, SFPD announced that at \u201capproximately 8:34 AM, officers responded to a call at 23rd Street and Capp Street regarding a report of a hot prowl burglary. The officers made contact with a person matching the description of a suspect. The suspect assaulted the officers with a weapon. An officer involved shooting occurred. The suspect and an officer were transported to a hospital. Their conditions are unknown at this time.\u201d
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But aside from this information, SFPD has revealed little else. Eyewitness Elizabeth Bell, who spoke with Tim Redmond of 48hills, said that he \u201cwas bleeding from the torso. The cops had their blue gloves on but none of them made any effort to help him. They seemed to be busy looking under cars…He was lying on the ground, and was unarmed.\u201d
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Tana Hampton holds a picture of her son, Jamaica Hampton, who was shot by SFPD. Photo: Gabriel Vargas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rally had a number of speakers addressing the media about the incident. Each speaker had a tie to recent police shooting victims that have happened in the city in the past years. All the speakers have condemned the incidents that have taken place, demanding justice for Hampton.
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Community advocate Adriana Camarena, called for the officers involved in the shooting to be fired, and cited the incident as being similar to recent police shooting victims such as Luis Gongora Pat and Alex Nieto. Camarena believes these police shootings will not stop until police officers are held accountable for the incidents.
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\u201cWe are convinced that these incidents will continue to take place in San Francisco, until there are criminal consequences for the officers involved in these shootings and until we see these officers fired,\u201d Camarena said.
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Community organizers rallied in front of San Francisco General Hospital on the morning of Dec. 11. Camarena, who attended the rally, confirmed that Hampton is still in critical condition, and that his doctor is allowing his family to visit. 
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Camarena also confirmed that Hampton has a patient advocate with the Do No Harm Coalition\u2014a team of healers, health workers and activists that was founded in May 2016 in response to police violence in San Francisco and the 17-day hunger strike by the “Frisco 5.”  Due to community efforts, Hampton is no longer in police custody, meaning he was guarded by police up until Dec. 11.
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Tana described her son as being an athletic good young man, someone who is non violent. Months before being shot by police, Hampton appeared in a video back in October by CityTeam\u2014a nondenominational Christian nonprofit that assists people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, hunger and addiction across five U.S. cities.
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