The two Tenderloin denizens who got into a street scuffle last week with bodyguards assigned to Mayor Daniel Lurie have been charged and will be arraigned Tuesday.
44-year-old Tony Shervaughn Phillips, the man seen on video tussling with one of Mayor Lurie’s bodyguards Thursday night at the intersection of Cedar and Larkin streets, is now charged with resisting an executive officer and causing great bodily injury, as well as assault on a police officer, and contempt of a court order.
As District Attorney Brooke Jenkins explained at a press conference Monday afternoon, the latter charge relates to a stay-away order that had been issued to Phillips for the very location where the Thursday incident happened.
The DA’s office also announced charges against the second man involved in the incident, 33-year-old Abraham Simon, and he’s been charged with resisting or obstructing a police officer.
“We are seeking Mr. Phillips’ detention in this case given the assaultive conduct that does present a public safety risk,” Jenkins said, also noting the violation of the stay-away order.
As we learned last week, Phillips was previously arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a 2019 fight in which another man died in an alley near where Thursday’s incident took place.
Over the weekend, new video surfaced showing the bodyguard pushing Phillips to the ground before the subsequent tussle began, leading to calls of possible police overreach. Â As the Chronicle reports, the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability has confirmed that it is opened a probe into the incident, which involved two SF police officers assigned to Lurie’s security detail.
Also over the weekend, Mayor Lurie was mocked by the California Post for walking away from the fight, in which his bodyguard sustained a head wound.
Previously: Advocates Express Concern Over Potential Police Overreach Following Mayor’s Tenderloin Scuffle