A San Rafael police officer was acquitted Tuesday of criminal charges stemming from a 2022 on-duty encounter in which prosecutors said he punched a gardener in the face.
Following a weeks-long trial, a Marin County jury found Brandon Nail not guilty on felony charges of assault causing great bodily injury and filing a false police report, according to court records.
The encounter happened in July 2022, when Nail and another police officer, Daisy Mazariegos, approached three day laborers who were drinking beer behind a Mexican restaurant in San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood…