Big Surprise: Alameda Sheriff's Deputies Lied in Reports About Beating of Stanislav Petrov

Other pigs lied about the incident, too. One who arrived on the scene after the beating dutifully played a role in the cover-up by reporting that Stanislav continued to act violently.

Separately, it has now come out that one of the pigs present after the beating actually robbed Stanislav after the beating and gave his gold chain, his cigarettes, some change and some other stuff to a homeless man who had witnessed the beating, presumably as a payoff to stay quiet.

On top of all that, almost all of the deputies had their body cameras turned off, although Alameda Sheriff Greg Ahern says Wieber accidentally activated his body camera and that a second video of the beating exists. Accidentally.

At least three of these pigs are now on "paid administrative leave," the two beaters and now the robber. For Luis Santamaria and Paul Wieber, that's a 4 1/2 month paid vacation at this point, and still no charges from San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon.

On March 24, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi issued the following statement on the police reports in the November 12 beating of Stanislav Petrov in San Francisco. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reports were released the previous day in response to a citizen’s public records request.

“The deputies’ description of their encounter with Mr. Petrov does not match the surveillance video of the brutal beating released by my office. The report’s narrative attempts to justify the savage attack by claiming Mr. Petrov resisted arrest and reached for his waistband. But the ultimate objective witness—the camera—shows the deputies striking a man with their batons more than 30 times while he writhes helplessly in the street,” Adachi said. “It is also disturbing that none of the 11 deputies involved turned on their body cameras. I do not believe that is a coincidence, but an attempt to cover up their misconduct. I urge the San Francisco District Attorney to file criminal charges against these officers.”