Homeless Man Cleared of Charges in Attack on Former SF Fire Commissioner.

Former San Francisco fire commissioner, Don Carmignani, who was beaten with a metal rod, is facing backlash after videos surfaced allegedly showing him bear spraying unhoused people eight times. Garret Doty, an unhoused man, was arrested for the assault on Carmignani, but now his lawyer wants the charges against Doty dropped, claiming self-defense. The public defender's office is alleging it was not the first time Carmignani provoked an attack against unhoused people. Doty faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with serious bodily injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.