Former San Francisco police officer Joel Aylworth ripped San Francisco Democrat Dean Preston for the far-left proposal during 'Fox & Friends First'
"That's why today at the Board of Supervisors, I will be calling for legislation to specifically prohibit security guards from drawing their weapons to protect property," he said."Human life is more important than property. We need to change our local law so that security guards cannot holster their weapons just to protect property."
Michael-Earl Wayne Anthony, 33, a security guard at a downtown San Francisco Walgreens, reportedly shot and killed 24-year-old Banko Brown last month. He was questioned by police but was released and did not face murder charges. Protests have erupted in response to the fatal shooting, with some critics calling to eliminate security guards entirely at various retailers. drawing their weapons"SFPD and police nationwide, we point our firearms at people for property crimes – burglary, auto theft," Alyworth said.
"To create a blanket policy saying all property crimes you can't point a weapon is ridiculous because this property crime started as a property crime escalated to a robbery, and now we've got a different crime," he continued."So I think people really need to make that distinction."
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