Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Alleged Battery Of Patient At San Francisco General Hospital

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CBS SF

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco Sheriff’s Department deputy has been charged with the alleged battery of a patient at San Francisco General Hospital, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Friday evening.

Deputy Michael Lewelling, 33, was arrested today on a warrant for four felonies, including perjury, filing a false police report, filing a false instrument and assault, as well as misdemeanor count of battery, prosecutors said.

The arrest was made in connection with a Nov. 3, 2014 incident involving a patient at the hospital who walks with a cane.

Sheriff’s department officials said earlier Friday that the arrest was made after an approximately six-week investigation by the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit, which was formed in May 2014.

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Video: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=10967590

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[ellie]

1. The cop lied?

The hell you say!

Thank god for the video.

[jwirr]

2. Sounds like finally one policeman will be tried. Why misdemeaner battery? He assaulted a disabled

man.

[enlightenment]

4. All of the charges except the battery charge are felonies -

assault, perjury, filing a false report, and filing a false instrument. There's an "as well as" in the linked phrasing.

[RebelOne]

5. Yesterday, Georgia jury tried and convicted

an Atlanta police officer for using excessive force.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/jury-finds-former-officer-guilty-after-using-exces/njXP8/

[jwirr]

6. Good. This is what has to start happening. I am also proud of the woman officer who stopped

brutality in Texas. There are good officers out there and their union is not supporting them. Instead it is all upset about brutality being called out.

[2naSalit]

3. A this rate

it's hard not to believe that any reason to call the cops becomes a life and death decision every time. I guess just being anywhere, including one's home, is not safe from the prospect that you could be abused by police.

[DeSwiss]

7. K&R

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