A "Black Lives Matter" sign is seen during a protest rally over the killing of George Floyd at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, June 6, 2020. (Ching Wong/SFBay.ca)
A 55-year-old San Francisco man has been charged with making criminal threats with a hate crime enhancement for allegedly threatening to shoot people wearing Black Lives Matter shirts at a restaurant in Burlingame earlier this month, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Steven Cibotti is accused of confronting a family of five at about 5:25 p.m. on June 7 at Flights Restaurant at 1100 Burlingame Ave. after the family had attended a march in San Francisco, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
The family, which includes children ages 7, 5 and 2, had T-shirts on that said Black Lives Matter, and Cibotti allegedly approached their table and yelled “blue lives matter” and pushed their table, prosecutors said.
The children’s father told Cibotti not to speak to the family like that, and Cibotti then allegedly yelled:
“F— you, if I had a gun, I would shoot all of you.”
Prosecutors said he then left the area.
He was eventually identified and charged in the case, which had an initial felony arraignment Tuesday. Cibotti is out of custody on $150,000 bail and was not present at the hearing, but was represented by a defense attorney.
The case was continued to July 22, prosecutors said. Cibotti’s defense attorney was not immediately available to comment on the case.
Last modified June 24, 2020 9:35 am
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