San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s police security team was attacked Thursday evening near the edge of the Tenderloin, the city’s most infamous drug-plagued neighborhood — leaving an officer bleeding from the back of his head after a chaotic street confrontation.
The mayor was not hurt in the incident, which unfolded just before 6 p.m. near Cedar Street, according to Mission Local.
One San Francisco Police Department officer assigned to Lurie’s security detail was left panting and bleeding after he slammed his head during a struggle with a suspect.
Tony Phillips, who was booked on suspicion of murder in 2019 but never faced charges, was arrested in the incident.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s police security team was attacked Thursday evening near the edge of the Tenderloin — leaving an officer bleeding from the back of his head after a chaotic street confrontation.San Francisco County Jail booking logs show Phillips, 44, detained on suspicion of threat to an executive officer, possessing drug paraphanelia, petty theft, battery and assault upon a police officer, and resisting or obstructing an officer.
Phillips was arrested in 2019 for allegedly fighting with and stabbing a man in the Polk Gulch neighborhood, per the San Francisco Chronicle, close by to where he allegedly attacked Lurie’s security guard.
The District Attorney declined to charge Phillips, reportedly citing insufficient evidence.
The mayor had been riding in a black SUV with the officer and a driver — also a cop — when three people allegedly blocked the vehicle in the street.