Two Alameda County sheriff’s deputies were caught on camera repeatedly hitting a suspected car thief with their fists and their batons.
After multiple strikes, they then arrested the alleged thief, Stanislav Petrov. Not long after the video surfaced web last year, officials say the sheriffs were charged with multiple felonies.
The video, which was uploaded on YouTube on November 13, 2015, by the San Francisco public defender’s office, is quite disturbing and contains obscenities, but it can be viewed here.
“Alameda County Sheriff officers, after chasing a driver across the bridge and then on foot, beat the man with nightsticks in San Francisco’s Mission District,” the description of the video reads.
“Note that the video surveillance system records in 10 second chunks, with a gap in between,” it added.
“So the beating was actually twice as long as what is shown.”
Petrov lays helplessly on the ground while being struck by the officers, and though he made several attempts to get up, it does not appear as if he is resisting.
Petrov suffered cuts to his head and a concussion during the beating and his hands were broken during the arrest, according to a statement by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon.
