cops had the video but they still took this homeless man to court where he was acquitted
The incident happened around 1 a.m when Knaak, who is homeless, was walking along Moulton Street.
Knaak, who had been jaywalking, apparently angered a nearby Uber driver, who “motioned for him to walk in the crosswalk, then extended his middle finger,” said Knaak’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Eric Guttschuss.
He said that when Knaak later walked in front of the Prius at an intersection, the driver smiled and gunned his motor, prompting Knaak to splash soda on the car.
According to the attorney, the Uber driver then started recording the episode as he sped after the homeless man, “at times traveling down the wrong side of a street and forcing him between two parked cars before following him on foot.”
Knaak ducked down an alley flanked by postal trucks but soon spotted the headlights of the Prius coming toward him, Guttschuss said. That’s when Knaak, who feared for his life, hurled his skateboard at the Prius, which was only 30 feet away, smashing the front windshield, the attorney said.
Guttschuss said that even though Knaak called 911 and reported that a man was trying to run him over, police arrived and placed Knaak in handcuffs while “the Uber driver described an unprovoked attack on his vehicle.
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Homeless-man-acquitted-after-smashing-Uber-Prius-6096572.php