San Francisco gallery owner arrested after he was seen spraying a homeless woman with water earlier this month, authorities say.
"I find it hard to apologize when we've had no help on this situation," Gwin told KGO on Jan. 9.A San Francisco art gallery owner Collier Gwin apologized after a video showed him spraying an unhoused person with a water hose who was sitting in front of his gallery."I'm deeply apologetic and abhorred when I watch that video. I completely broke. I'm not equipped or trained to deal with the long-term, city wide problem like this," he told KGO late Sunday.
"The alleged battery of an unhoused member of our community is completely unacceptable. Mr. Gwin will face appropriate consequences for his actions," San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement Wednesday. "Likewise, the vandalism at Foster Gwin gallery is also completely unacceptable and must stop -- two wrongs do not make a right."
Gwin is scheduled to be arraigned at San Francisco's Hall of Justice on Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. local time. If convicted, he faces up to six months in county jail and a $2,000 fine. It was unclear whether he has retained a lawyer.ABC News' Alex Stone contributed to this report.
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