San Francisco sheriff’s deputy Michael Lewelling, 33, was arrested Friday for beating and choking a helpless patient in the emergency room at San Francisco General Hospital back in early November. According to prosecutors and video obtained of the attack Lewelling approached his victim for being asleep in the ER waiting room at 5am for an appointment and began roughing up the patient once he tried to get up and walk away from the officer.
Lewelling began to choke and hit the patient and knocked away the defenseless man’s walking cane. After Lewelling was done beating his victim he proceeded to arrest the man with trumped up felony charges, claiming the defenseless man had assaulted him with his cane.
Lewelling was charged with 3 felonies: perjury, filing a false police report, filing a false instrument and assault under the color of authority — as well as misdemeanor battery.
District Attorney George Gascon said “The fact that a sheriff’s deputy allegedly battered a patient at San Francisco General Hospital is unnerving,” “What’s worse is that he’s also alleged to have perjured himself on a police report, unforgivable conduct that led to the arrest of the innocent victim.” – This is the DA’s position… That beating a defenseless man asleep in a ER waiting room is “unnerving” but whats worse it that he lied about it…
cops get away with it all the time. nice to see one of the corrupt bastards caught.
Charged doesn’t mean convicted… he’ll walk
ps. hope the cop goes to prison for assaulting a defenseless man.
The cop should serve time
SHOOT THIS FUCKING PIG IN THE FACE.
he is the reason those two cops were murdered today in NYC it’s this very behavior and the sorry out come that caused this incident this dirty screwed up bastard will walk but he should be going to jail or even to prison for life he should be an example setter for the rest of society he is a typical asshole cop who deserves some of his own medicine he should be fired and convicted not just charged if this crap don’t stop there will be many more ppl paying a big price for actions like his
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