'Drop the hammer': Judge releases footage of 'violent attack' on Paul Pelosi
Full video of the violent attack on Paul Pelosi last year, along with audio of his 911 call, were released after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled that the footage must be released to the public by the district attorney's office, CNN reports.
Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, was attacked around 2 a.m. on October 28, 2022 by David DePape at their California home. He has since had surgery and progressed in his recovery. According to the Department of Justice, Depape originally intended to attack Nancy, and upon entry into Pelosi's home, shouted, “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?” before turning to her husband instead.
Pelosi was able to call 911 after convincing the attacker "to let him go to the bathroom, where his phone was charging."
Footage was posted to Twitter revealing body-cam video of officers arriving to Pelosi's residence during the attack. Eventually, as the camera focuses on DePape and Pelosi standing in the entry of the home, an officer can be heard saying, “Drop the hammer."
DePape immediately replies, “Um, nope," then proceeds to pull the hammer out of Pelosi's hands, charging at him "in plain sight of the officers," which led to his immediate arrest.
In a recent interview, when asked about footage of her husband's attack, Nancy Pelosi said, “It would be a very hard thing to see an assault on my husband’s life. But I don’t know.”
Watch the video below or at this link.
\u201cWARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO\n\nSFPD Body camera footage released today showing the attack on Paul Pelosi.\u201d— Michael Bott (@Michael Bott) 1674839897
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