Video Shows Cops Brutally Beating Suspect in San Francisco

“They kept screaming get on the ground, pushing him and beating him continuously”, continued Rundgren. The beating took place after a 38-mile vehicle chase from East Bay to San Francisco.

A spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office tells the San Francisco Chronicle that the video shows the end of a 38-minute auto chase that began when the deputies approached the man while he was sitting in a vehicle that had been reported stolen.

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has launched a formal investigation after the release of a video Friday showing deputies beating a man with batons in San Francisco’s Mission District.

The suspect, Stanislav Petrov, 29, reportedly rammed the deputies’ cars, knocking one of the officers down before fleeing the scene.

According to the San Francisco Examiner, the two Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies are on paid leave while they are being investigated. In addition to the graphic violence of the beating itself, the rest of the video is disturbing as well, when we see the victim on the ground, surrounded by several other officers.

“We’re going to do a complete and thorough investigation into this incident and figure it out.”

KQED also quotes Sgt. Ray Kelly as stating that the suspect was “resisting arrest”.

A second deputy arrives and the two of them repeatedly beat the 29-year-old with their batons.

Surveillance footage a witness gave the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office shows Petrov stop in the alleyway near Clinton Park and Stevenson Street. “It’s dismaying to see him lying there bleeding and calling for help and not getting it for a while”.

“I look forward to police explaining this conduct because as far as I’m concerned, it’s criminal conduct”, said Gonzales.

Petrov was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, felony evading police, felony hit and run and weapons charges for having a loaded gun.