LA JOLLA —
An attorney has agreed to represent a homeless Black man who was punched and arrested by two San Diego police officers in La Jolla last week, and both she and an activist working with the man said Tuesday they are pressing for prosecutors to decline to bring criminal charges in the case.
A bystander recorded cellphone footage of the arrest of Jesse Evans near a busy intersection near UC San Diego on the morning of May 12.
Evans said two police officers stopped him as he unclasped his pants to urinate close to some trees. The confrontation escalated and Evans was wrestled to the ground, where the officers punched him repeatedly in his face and legs.