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San Francisco police beating captured on video prompts call for charges
Source: The Guardian
San Francisco police beating captured on video prompts call for charges
Joseph Mayton in San Francisco
Tuesday 17 November 2015 22.25 GMT
Security footage showing the brutal beating of a suspect by two police officers in San Francisco’s Mission District has sparked anger and comparisons to the 1991 assault of Rodney King in Los Angeles.
“The brutal attack on a defenseless man in my city is disgusting,” Rachel Gaines, 34, a server who works in the Mission, said on Tuesday. “I hope that justice will happen.”
The beating of the suspect, 26-year-old Stanislav Petrov, by two Alameda County officers is under investigation, and two public defenders have called for criminal charges.
The Alameda County sheriff’s office said Petrov was in a stolen vehicle when he fled authorities, smashed a police cruiser and was chased through San Leandro, Oakland and San Francisco. It was in an alley in San Francisco where the officers caught up with him, and repeatedly struck him with their fists and batons.
The video of the beating shows one deputy knocking the man to the ground near Clinton Park and Stevenson Street early on Thursday. The deputy then punches Petrov, who is lying on the ground. A second deputy then uses his baton to hit the man on the head. Petrov is heard screaming for help as both officers use their batons to hit him. Petrov is still in the hospital, according to Jeff Adachi, the San Francisco public defender.
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Joseph Mayton in San Francisco
Tuesday 17 November 2015 22.25 GMT
Security footage showing the brutal beating of a suspect by two police officers in San Francisco’s Mission District has sparked anger and comparisons to the 1991 assault of Rodney King in Los Angeles.
“The brutal attack on a defenseless man in my city is disgusting,” Rachel Gaines, 34, a server who works in the Mission, said on Tuesday. “I hope that justice will happen.”
The beating of the suspect, 26-year-old Stanislav Petrov, by two Alameda County officers is under investigation, and two public defenders have called for criminal charges.
The Alameda County sheriff’s office said Petrov was in a stolen vehicle when he fled authorities, smashed a police cruiser and was chased through San Leandro, Oakland and San Francisco. It was in an alley in San Francisco where the officers caught up with him, and repeatedly struck him with their fists and batons.
The video of the beating shows one deputy knocking the man to the ground near Clinton Park and Stevenson Street early on Thursday. The deputy then punches Petrov, who is lying on the ground. A second deputy then uses his baton to hit the man on the head. Petrov is heard screaming for help as both officers use their batons to hit him. Petrov is still in the hospital, according to Jeff Adachi, the San Francisco public defender.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/17/san-francisco-police-beating-captured-video