Family of Terry Williams ‘disgusted’ by city’s response after racist attacks, house fire

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More than two months after a fire destroyed the home of longtime Fillmore residents Terry Williams and his parents, and more than three months after they first received a racist package on their doorstep, there are still no answers for either incident.Support given to the Williams family after the fire — to house and feed them — have been petering out. Investigations have no leads, and the promises made by city officials have resulted in little, the family said.“We’re sick of this,” said Luddie Williams, Terry Williams’ 81-year-old father. The family’s 76-year-old matriarch, Carolyn Williams, suffered smoke inhalation and health complications as a result of the fire and still requires frequent care.Williams and his parents are living at a hotel in South San Francisco, and don’t know where they’ll land next.“I’m disgusted,” Luddie said. “I’m done with this city.”As of Friday, the San Francisco Fire Department said it could not yet confirm the cause of the May 21 blaze that destroyed the Williams family’s Grove Street duplex. Williams lived in a unit below his father and mother.“Mom is still learning how to walk again,” said Letisha Humphrey, Williams’ sister, who grew up in the house. “She’s not mobile. She has...

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