Overview
- Judge Sylvia Husing ordered Tony Phillips' release after reviewing viral footage and said he was violently attacked.
- Phillips, 44, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including assault on a peace officer, with the case still pending.
- Court documents and surveillance video indicate Mayor Daniel Lurie exited his SUV near Cedar Street in the Tenderloin and a security officer shoved Phillips before the struggle.
- San Francisco’s Department of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the officers’ actions.
- Phillips’ attorney accuses Lurie of instigating the encounter and urges him to ask the district attorney to drop the case, while the mayor says he will let the process play out.