This is a two-day old report on a case which has had several significant developments since. It gets several facts wrong right from the outset (the weapon is very obviously not a crowbar) and takes assertions as facts, which subsequently turned out to be groundless.<p>I'm not sure why one would ever submit news stories from a known-poor source like a tabloid newspaper to HN when better sources are available.<p>There's a more up-to-date and factually accurate report here: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/don-carmignani-garret-doty-san-francisco-assault-homeless-bear-spray/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/don-carmignani-gar...</a>