San Francisco public defenders accused the SF District Attorney’s Office on Thursday of trying to conceal evidence that contradicted police officers’ accounts of a violent 2025 arrest.
Kevon Gibson, 33, was hospitalized for several days after San Francisco police officers arrested him in August 2025, according to the SF Public Defender’s Office. In a statement, Gibson’s attorneys say body-cam footage from SFPD officers released publicly on Thursday, Oct. 8, show he was punched, kicked and restrained during the arrest. The office accused prosecutors of withholding evidence by attempting to limit what jurors could hear and see from officers’ body cameras.
“SFPD officers brutally beat Mr. Gibson as he screamed for help,” Deputy Public Defender Bonnie Chan-Silen, who represented Gibson with Deputy Public Defender John Paul Passaglia, said in a statement. “Instead of holding these police officers accountable, the DA’s Office tried to hide key evidence from the jury.”…