Two Alameda County Deputies Fired Over Suspect Beating

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two Alameda County sheriff's deputies seen on surveillance video beating a man with batons in San Francisco's Mission District have been fired.

Alameda County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly says deputies Paul Wieber and Luis Santamaria are no longer with the Alameda County sheriff's office as of 5 p.m. Friday.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/2gZVXDt) Kelly could not provide details on their departure, but Michael Rains, an attorney for Santamaria, said the deputies were fired for their role in the Nov. 12, 2015, beating.

The deputies were caught on surveillance video striking Stanislav Petrov more than 40 times with steel batons after a 38-minute car chase from Castro Valley and a foot chase into a dark alley in San Francisco.

The San Francisco district attorney's office charged Wieber and Santamaria in May with assault with a deadly weapon, assault under the color of authority and battery. They pleaded not guilty.