SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Demonstrators at city hall asked for San Francisco's sheriff to resign after the eviction of a 100-year-old woman.
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The protesters confronted Sheriff Vicky Hennessy outside her office. They are upset that deputies carried out a court order evicting Iris Canada, who failed to pay attorney's fees following a lengthy legal battle.
The demonstrators say Hennessy should have ignored the eviction order.
"We expected our sheriff to do the same thing for Canada," said activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca.
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The owner of the property offered to let Canada live at the apartment for the rest of her life if she signed a document to let it convert to condos. She refused, and wanted to buy the apartment at a discounted price.
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