Last week, in broad daylight, a mentally unstable man — already facing an unresolved felony charge for throwing a rock at a police officer in 2024 — snuck up on a City of Fresno employee while he was working and struck him in the back of the head with a blunt object.
The alleged attack by Dyllan Hopkins (aka Dyllan Padavona) on Tim Smith was captured on video and released to the public by the Fresno Police Department, leaving little doubt over what occurred. Smith remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
The larger question is why Hopkins was allowed to walk the streets during the early morning of April 11, free to commit this brutal crime…