SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Riot gear-clad San Francisco law enforcement officials repeatedly shoved a lady, tackled her to the bottom, and “ridiculed” her, in keeping with a criticism from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Workplace. The report, filed Wednesday with the Division of Police Exercise, signifies the girl was a bystander — and never a participant — in a protest final summer season towards U.S. involvement in Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Police body-cam footage captured the incident from a number of completely different angles.
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The girl, recognized as Amelia Jones, was close by when she noticed San Francisco Police Division officers “yank” somebody to the bottom and yelled for them to cease. Police, in keeping with the criticism, responded by “aggressively” blocking her manner and yanked her down as properly, whereas letting others cross by on the identical road.
“Multiple officers violated San Francisco Police Department policies by using unnecessary force, failing to intervene in that wrongful use of force, and writing dishonest accounts of the arrest,” stated Deputy Public Defender Brian Cox, who heads the Integrity Unit of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Workplace. “Incidents like these demonstrate how police aggressively escalate interactions with community members when it is completely unnecessary, with disturbing and traumatic results.”
In line with the Public Defender’s Workplace, Jones was strolling her bike down Sacramento Avenue the morning of July 24 towards her workplace close to the intersection of Kearny Avenue. Law enforcement officials carrying batons and carrying riot gear have been lined up throughout Sacramento on the intersection with Kearny whereas a protest was taking place close by.
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Jones, the criticism stated, noticed police pull a bicycle owner to the bottom and was considered one of a number of bystanders to yell on the officers to “stop hurting the person.”
Officers advised Jones to get again and Jones tried to method the intersection and an officer “shoved her in the back” as she turned away.
“I’m on my way to work, I’m on the phone with my coworkers, and I’m just trying to help someone,” she advised officers, in keeping with the criticism.
Jones was arrested and charged with resisting/obstructing an government officer, battery on a peace officer, and resisting arrest. In line with the Public Defender’s Workplace, SFPD body-worn digital camera footage contradicts how officers described the incident of their police report.
In line with the criticism, Jones was panicked by the officers’ actions, started screaming for assist and raised her arms. An officer shoved her and as she introduced her arms down, she touched an officers’ helmet. The incident was captured on SFPD body-worn digital camera footage.
It was at that time that SFPD violently tackled her to the bottom.
In disturbing body-worn digital camera footage reviewed by KRON4.com, Jones could be heard telling officers she has a shoulder damage and shouting “I’m in pain.” Officers could be heard telling her to “stop spitting” whereas she is cuffed together with her palms behind her again face down on the sidewalk.
“These are your choices, you made this choice,” an officer could be heard telling Jones, who could be heard sobbing and telling officers she “can’t see anything.”
Later within the video, the officers provide to roll Jones over on her facet to make her extra comfy if she would not kick at them.
“No kicking,” an officer is heard telling her.
“I know it’s very exciting to have people cheering for you,” an officer tells Jones whereas she’s cuffed, face down on the pavement.
“Your fanbase is gone so you’re not really performing for anyone right now,” the identical officer later stated.
“I was just walking to work, I wasn’t even in the protest,” Jones says at one level within the video.
“You guys were literally assaulted someone up there, all I said was ‘stop,’ and then all of sudden you guys are on f***ing top of me, and now I’m arrested? This is insane!” Jones could be heard saying at one level.
“I’m a citizen of the United States! Jesus Christ! This is insane!” she exclaims at one other level.
“I would like to hold police accountable for their misconduct, which has caused me a lot of anguish and pain,” stated Jones. “There have been multiple women on local San Francisco news who have also been forcibly arrested by police for either minor transgressions or nothing at all. Women just crossing the street, on their way to work, or selling hot dogs. Our police are trained to react with aggression and violence. That erodes trust.”
Regardless of having no prior prison file, the report alleges that Jones was held in San Francisco County Jail for 36 hours. A decide who later reviewed the body-cam footage dismissed all prices towards her.
