Tony Phillips, the man accused of violently attacking a San Francisco police officer assigned to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail, is back in custody just days after a judge ordered his release. Phillips, 44, was arrested again on Monday morning for allegedly violating a court-ordered stay-away provision. Officers conducting homeless outreach spotted him and took him into custody without incident.
According to Fox News, this second arrest comes less than a week after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Sylvia Husing made a pretty controversial call on March 11. She ordered Phillips released from jail following a high-profile altercation that happened earlier this month. What makes this even crazier is that Judge Husing actually suggested in court that Phillips, not the officer, had been “violently assaulted.”
