The San Francisco Police Department is still looking for vandals who smashed, burned, and trashed Muni buses Sunday night after the Giants won the World Series. Yesterday the police arrested one suspect who was photographed smashing the bus window with a barricade. But who is the man in the photo above, which we published on Monday?
This “bus wrecker,” as the San Francisco Chronicle calls him, is still at large and the police would like your help identifying him, according to the Chronicle story, which also has a zoomed-in photo of this man.
Starting Friday and going through the next three months, you can go to the San Francisco Public Library and be treated to a treasure trove — SFMTA is exhibiting “historic photographs from the … vast historical archive chronicling Muni’s vibrant history dating back to the turn of the century.”
We San Franciscans have a love/hate relationship with our transit system. We don’t like late or crowded buses, but we love that they go everywhere, the historical streetcars are cool, and best of all, we own it! This exhibit celebrates Muni’s messy, glorious 100 year history in San Francisco. From the politics to the incredible street infrastructure to the moving vehicles in all their variety, Muni is integral to most of our lives. And don’t forget the people, both the operators and the riders, who make up the system. Muni, how do we love thee, let us count the ways!
Exhibit details
Cussed and Discussed: 100 Years of the Municipal Railway in San Francisco
Fri., Nov. 2, 2012 — Thurs., Jan. 24, 2013
San Francisco History Center
Main Library
100 Larkin St.
You guys have to get to your masquerades somehow. For a lot of San Franciscans every year, Muni is your limo to Halloween parties. This year wasn’t any different, of course.
We heard from Muni rider Tim, who warned the world, “Riding the #SFmuni with all my classmates in our Halloween costumes …” He sent over photographic evidence, seen above and below.
Nate sent us video of passengers exiting an N-Judah streetcar out in the Sunset. Shortly after they deboarded, the overhead wire had its say, as seen around 0:48 above.
It’s Halloween and costumes have places to go! Thanks @heatherlushhh for the sweet photo of the cupcake girls. We found a sharp couple, Dee and Vee, and don’t forget Bride of Chucky, who is solemnly improving her carbon footprint by taking Muni.
The San Francisco Police Department arrested a suspect in the vandalism of a Muni bus near Third and Market Streets Sunday night, photographed by a Chronicle reporter above. The picture was widely circulated online, which led to arrest of Gregory Tyler Graniss, 22, of San Francisco, reports The Chronicle. But the arrest came after some online weirdness that almost pointed the finger at the wrong person.
After things got out of hand Sunday night, including the burning and other forms of destruction of Muni buses, some people started a Facebook campaign to ID the vandals
But Facebook commenters “got the wrong guy” because of a misfired joke. According to a Wired.com story, a San Francisco man named Tony Lukezic used a photo of one of the vandals as his Facebook profile picture because friends say he looked like the vandal. He thought it would all be a funny joke.
What isn’t too funny is that after he changed his Facebook profile picture, Facebook commenters threatened Lukezic, posting his phone number and threatening to turn him in to the cops.
Now that the police has arrested Gregory Tyler Graniss (aka, not the Facebook joker), investigators are still looking for other vandals who set a Muni bus on fire.
A Muni Diaries reader sent us a video of the bus being lit on fire Sunday evening.
According to KTVU, nine people have been charged with crimes related to Sunday night’s vandalism, and 36 people have been arrested.
