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Arshad (Razz) Razzak was a San Francisco Police officer for 19 years. I have had the honor, and the pleasure of being his friend since about 2006. Never in my life have I met a more courageous, compassionate and ethical man. He truly gave his all for SFPD, to keep San Francisco safe.
Razz was wrongfully convicted in a Federal trial, resulting from an entry into a room at the Henry Hotel on 12/23/2010.
He and his partners went there because he had knowledge that a large drug deal was about to go down. The two officers he tasked with "freezing" that room (to prevent anyone from entering or exiting) messed up, and entered the room instead. Razz, being down the hall with his back turned... did not see what they did. These two officers later told Razz that they had "knocked and noticed" (knocking and getting permission from the occupants) to enter. That is what Razz wrote in his police report.
Then the San Francisco Public Defender's office obtained video from the hotel, apparently contradicting what Razz wrote in his report. All Hell broke loose.
For political reasons, SFPD passed the investigation off to the District Attorney, who in turn passed it off to the FBI. The two officers who messed up...lied to a Federal Grand Jury, in exchange for immunity from prosecution. They said Razz ORDERED them to go in.
The rest is history. Horrible, unjust... a tragedy. Razz was convicted of violating that occupant's civil rights, and for lying on his police report.
Yesterday was Razz' sentencing hearing, and my dearest friend was sentenced to 14 months in Federal Custody. He is scheduled to turn himself in on December 2nd. 2016---less than 3 months from now. His family is devastated. Razz has a wife, a son, a daughter and his disabled mother all living with him, and totally dependent upon him.
Shockingly the judge also ordered Razz to pay over $12,000.00 in fines, as well!!!
Since his conviction, Razz was forced to resign from SFPD. He has been working 15-18 hour days as a taxi driver, trying desperately to feed his family and make his mortgage payments. He hasn't had anything extra to put into savings...and what will become of his family when he is not able to work at all???
Let's all come together and help this fine man and his family. If you work as a police officer, just remember that the same thing could happen to you, at any time. If you are not a police officer, please think about how Razz put his life on the line every day for 19 years to protect the good people of San Francisco.
Razz and his family need us right now. Please join me in helping to ensure his beautiful family has a roof over their heads, and food on the table.
Teri Seago
teri4740@gmail.com
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