Authorities work to identify people who set Waymo car on fire in San Francisco

CHINATOWN. RIGHT NOW POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THESE AT VANDALS ARE. >> Reporter: ATTRACTION STREET NEAR JACKSON AVENUE YOU CAN SEE A PORTION OF THE WAYMO IT VEHICLE BURNED TO THE PAVEMENT. TRAFFIC CAME TO A STOP AT JACKSON AND A GROUP SURROUNDED THE SUV. >> SOMEONE PUT THE FIRE INSIDE AND THEN BOOM. SLOWLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE BOWL LIGHTED ON FIRE. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT SOMEBODY HAD BEEN TAGGING UP THE STREET BEFORE COMING TO THE PARKED WAYMO. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE MARKING AND SPRAY PAINTING THE EMPTY WAYMO BEEN SOMEBODY BREAKS OUT THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW. ANOTHER PERSON USED A SKATEBOARD TO HIT THE SUV. AFTER THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN THERE WAS A FIRE WORKER FIREWORKS ON INTO THE CAR. MR. LEE SAYS THAT OFFICERS HAD COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ARE ASKING RESIDENTS WITH SECURITY CAMERAS IF THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO TO IDENTIFY AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THAT WERE INVOLVED. SEVERAL VIDEO SOCIAL -- CIRCULATED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. ONE COMES THROUGH THE SAN FRANCISCO ATTORNEY. IT DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE U.S. DIFFERENT COURTHOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO THE FBI WOULD NOT CONFIRM THEIR PART IN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FIRE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PRESIDENT DISMISSED, THAT THE FIRE WAS IN RESPONSE TO A BACKLASH AGAINST TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. >> I HAVE HEARD THEORIES BUT I DO NOT CARE IF THIS IS AGAINST TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. IT THIS IS DANGEROUS AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. >> SUPERVISOR MAYORKAS' SAYS THERE ARE VIDEOS THAT HE

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Length: 2min 5sec (125 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 13 2024