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The San Francisco district attorney’s office has launched a criminal investigation into a San Francisco sheriff’s deputy seen in cell phone video shoving a demonstrator to the ground during a Black Lives Matter protest last week.The video, taken on May 31, shows an unidentified deputy approach a cluster of anti-police brutality demonstrators standing in front of a law enforcement vehicle on Pine Street in San Francisco. The deputy can be seen shoving a demonstrator — who had just stepped out of the way of the vehicle and onto the curb — on his back, sending him into the street on his hands. His cap flew off his head as he fell onto the ground, police sirens whirring in the busy intersection.The same deputy can be seen pushing at least one other protester. Soon, other deputies with outstretched batons began to push protesters away from the vehicle and into the street. When another deputy approached the pushed protester, who was still on the ground on his back with his hands in the air, the deputy pulled him up and pushed him toward the crowd of demonstrators swelling in the street.On May 31, at appx 5:03 PM, a BLM protester was shoved to the ground by a member of the SF Sheriff's Dept. My office has opened a criminal investigation. If anyone has relevant video/can identify the suspect/witnesses/victims in the video below, email districtattorney@sfgov.org — Chesa Boudin 博徹思 (@chesaboudin)“Yes we have identified the individual as a sheriff’s deputy,” said Nancy Crowley, a sheriff’s spokeswoman. “We have opened an investigation.”Crowley did not identify the deputy or provide additional information to The Chronicle on Wednesday.Sheriff’s officials said Wednesday that after an initial review of the “available information and circumstances,” the deputy’s action“The Sheriff’s Office is aware of a video depicting the actions of our staff during crowd management activities in the recent protest demonstrations,” sheriff’s officials said. “As a part of our investigation, we welcome any members of the public to provide additional video and information.”More on PolicingAnyone with information should contact the sheriff office’s Internal Affairs unit at 415-554-2380.Updated to include drought zones while tracking water shortage status of your area, plus reservoir levels and a list of restrictions for the Bay Area’s largest water districts.San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Wednesday announced that his office has opened a criminal investigation of its own.Boudin called on anyone with video or information about the people involved — including those who were shoved and any witnesses — to contact the district attorney’s office at .The incident comes amid more than a week of demonstrations in the Bay Area and across the country calling for an end to police brutality against black communities in the United States, and for accountability in police killings of black and brown men, women and children.One of the latest killings by police, where a Minneapolis police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd, sparked worldwide protests against police brutality and against systematic racism in law enforcement.In the Bay Area, Floyd’s death has prompted many communities to call on the defunding of their local law enforcement agencies, as well as some police departments announcing they will review their use of carotid restraint during arrests.Lauren Hernández is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: Twitter:Updated to include drought zones while tracking water shortage status of your area, plus reservoir levels and a list of restrictions for the Bay Area’s largest water districts.

The San Francisco district attorney’s office has launched a criminal investigation into a San Francisco sheriff’s deputy seen in cell phone video shoving a demonstrator to the ground during a Black Lives Matter protest last week.The video, taken on May 31, shows an unidentified deputy approach a cluster of anti-police brutality demonstrators standing in front of a law enforcement vehicle on Pine Street in San Francisco. The deputy can be seen shoving a demonstrator — who had just stepped out of the way of the vehicle and onto the curb — on his back, sending him into the street on his hands....

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