San Francisco sheriff’s deputies charged in connection with November beating
Two San Francisco sheriff’s deputies face felony charges following the release of a video showing them beating a suspected car thief during an arrest. The Alameda County officers are expected to surrender by Wednesday and be held in lieu of bail.
Luis Santamaria and Paul Wieber were experienced officers. Santamaria had spent 14 years serving the Alameda County Sherrff’s Office and Wieber had three years with them, yet in November, both officers were caught on film beating Stanislav Petrov with their batons in an alley.
Now the officers are charged with assault under the color of authority, along with battery with serious bodily injury and assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Los Angeles Times.
On top of that, the officers are being investigated by the San Francisco Public Corruption Task Force for additional allegations of false police statements, theft, bribery, witness tampering and other wrongdoing related to this case, KGO reported.
Petrov’s representative, Michael Haddad, called the case “the worst videotaped beating since Rodney King” in a statement to the LA Times.
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