SFPD has arrested the gallery owner who went viral after spraying an unhoused woman with a hose. D.A. Brooke Jenkins has opted to charge 71-year-old Collier Gwin with a misdemeanor over the incident.
The San Francisco Police Department announced Wednesday night that Collier Gwin, the art gallery owner who was recorded spraying an unhoused woman with a hose in a viral video last week, was arrested on suspicion of battery.
San Francisco police reported officers responded about 12:05 p.m. that day to Gwin's art gallery on reports of a"possible assault" and made contact with Gwin and the homeless woman, who was not identified. "The alleged battery of an unhoused member of our community is completely unacceptable," Jenkins said in a statement to The Examiner."Mr. Gwin will face appropriate consequences for his actions."What viral video reveals about S.F. homelessness response Dr.
Gwin initially struck a defiant tone as the video spread, telling multiple outlets he had called police dozens of times over the preceding two weeks because the woman was blocking the entrance to his business and had knocked down trash cans in front of it.
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