Video footage shows police in riot gear storming the Stud Alley block party on June 27 in a chaotic scene that led to 20 arrests.

Jul 23, 2026

Updated 9:25 am PT

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins speaks during a press conference with elected and public safety officials and labor leaders in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is charging 18 people arrested at an unpermitted block party during Pride weekend. 

Video footage from the event shows police in riot gear storming the Stud Alley block party on June 27 in a chaotic scene that led to 20 arrests. Everyone who was arrested was cited and released the same night. 

On Wednesday, the district attorney’s office announced that 18 people were charged with unlawful assembly, failure to disperse and resisting and obstructing an officer. They were set to be arraigned on Thursday, July 23, at the Hall of Justice.

The charges come after public scrutiny over the police response at Stud Alley over Pride weekend, as well as arrests made following the Trans March in San Francisco the day prior. Supervisor Jackie Fielder has since submitted two letters of inquiry to Mayor Daniel Lurie and law enforcement officials about what advocates said was an aggressive crackdown this year. 

San Francisco Police Department officers form a line on Turk Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood during the Trans March on June 26, 2026.

“I was deeply concerned to see video footage and reports of San Francisco police officers clashing with San Francisco residents and visitors participating in Pride activities in two separate incidents: Trans March and an event known as ‘Stud Alley,’” reads Fielder’s memo.

Stud Alley has taken place for six years in the South of Market neighborhood during Pride weekend. The event drew hundreds last year, as well as some criticism from neighbors, but police monitored the party then rather than shutting it down or making arrests at the scene.

This year, around 11 p.m. on June 27, police arrived at what they said was an unsanctioned block party on Kissling Street, where around 300 people had gathered. Officers ordered attendees and a DJ performing at the event to clear the area, and two adults resisted.