They also threw glass bottles and reportedly lit trash bins on fire.
San Francisco Police DepartmentPolice Department says officers got to experience fireworks up close and personal following a series of destructive Fourth of July celebrations in the Mission District late that evening.
According to a recent post on their Twitter account, 12 cops were injured when members of a large, “hostile” crowd lobbed fireworks and glass bottles at them after they showed up at 24th and Harrison around 12:30 a.m. SFPD representatives say that when members of the crowd detonated"explosive devices" their way, cops experienced ringing in their ears and minor burns cast from the debris.
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