A San Francisco art gallery owner was taken into custody after cell phone video showed him intentionally spraying a homeless woman with water for several seconds while she was lying on the sidewalk.
showed him intentionally spraying a homeless woman with a hose, prompting outrage and condemnation.
"The alleged battery of an unhoused member of our community is completely unacceptable. Mr. Gwin will face appropriate consequences for his actions," Jenkins said in her statement. In an interview with CBS San Francisco last week, Gwin admitted to being the man in the video. Gwin is the owner of the Foster Gwin Gallery in the city's Financial District, according to CBS San Francisco, and the incident occurred steps away from his gallery."What they saw is very regrettable," he told CBS San Francisco last week.
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