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Several San Francisco police officers are accused of using excessive force when arresting a woman near a protest at the Israeli Consulate in July, according to a complaint filed by the public defender’s office.
The complaint filed Tuesday with the city’s Department of Police Accountability alleges that along with the unnecessary force, the officers violated policy by failing to de-escalate the situation and writing dishonest accounts of the arrest.
“San Francisco police in riot gear repeatedly shoved a woman, violently tackled her to the ground, and ridiculed her while she was in handcuffs,” the public defender’s office wrote in a press release announcing the complaint…