"This is, without a doubt, the most disgusting, idiotic, and pathetic legislation I have ever seen in my 35 years of POA (Police Officers Association) involvement."

That's what retired SFPD Inspector Gary Delagnes said after the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco approved a resolution for a Mario Woods Recognition Day. The vote was unanimous.

And the reaction from BOTH sides has been very strong.

To recap:

Mario Woods was shot and killed by police. They say that he had slashed someone with a knife. Ten officers surrounded him. They told him to drop the knife. He wouldn't.

They shot him twice with a beanbag. It didn't work. And when he still wouldn't comply they opened fire. Mario Woods was shot between 15-25 times. The exact number hasn't been released yet.

Supervisor David Campos introduced the resolution for a Remembrance Day.

It says that "while several supervisors and the chief of police have privately expressed their condolences, the city and county of San Francisco has not publicly apologized to (Mario Wood's mother) Gwen Woods."

It also offers her "sincere condolences for the loss of her son and apologies for the way in which she has been treated since her son's death."

Afterward Gwen Woods said:

"I have to live my life without him and all the hopes I had and all my dreams. Sometimes you have to stand and look life in the eye and go toe to toe. ... Everyone can't be bullied."

And Supervisor Malia Cohen said:

"Today we call out Mario Woods, but Mario Woods is a symbol for those that don't have a place in history — that may have died tragically and nameless."

Police in San Francisco are furious. And this is what Gary Delagnes wrote on Facebook:

This is a slap in the face to every police officer and every citizen in San Francisco who has a modicum of common sense. To say this has taken our officers to a new low would be an understatement.

Not one politician has asked how the five officers involved in the shooting of Mario Woods are doing. Well, to answer that question that was never asked, " Not Well".

To honor a street thug who stabbed another African American is so far over the top I am speechless (and that's not easy). I do not blame the Board of Supervisors. They are idiots and this is what they do.

The blame go's [sic] to law abiding, rational San Franciscans who elect and re-elect these buffoons and then wonder why SF is so screwed up.

---Gary Delagnes

I guess I'm left with this: There is a huge divide between police and the black community.

And whether you agree or disagree with the Mario Woods resolution, the fact remains we still have to figure out how to close that gap. We have to figure out how to build trust. And unfortunately that's going to be a lot more difficult than passing a resolution.

Frank Somerville contributes commentaries to SFGATE and anchors the 5, 6, and 10 p.m. news on KTVU. This post originally appeared on his Facebook page.