SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Public defender Jeff Adachi is asking San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon to drop all charges against a man who was shot and seriously wounded by police inside his own home.
Adachi requested the charges against Sean Moore be dropped after a Superior Court judge yesterday dismissed all but two charges against the 42-year-old man after police shot him at his home in the Taraval District.
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He was charged with assault on a peace officer, battery on a peace officer, resisting arrest, criminal threats and contempt of a court order. His bail was set at $2 million.
The two charges the judge did not dismiss were battery causing injury, as one officer was hurt in the scuffle, and violating a restraining order protecting the neighbor.
Two officers responded to a 911 call from a neighbor who said Moore was acting agitated. Officers saw him on the front steps of his home and told him to come down, but Moore refused. A verbal altercation continued, and officers eventually rushed him at the top of the stairs, ultimately shooting him several times.
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The incident was recorded on body cam video. Adachi released the video to reporters at a press conference later, prompting SFPD Chief Toney Chaplin to hold his own news conference rebutting Adachi's charges that the officer used excessive force when he opened fire.
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