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The former San Francisco fire commissioner who was beaten with a metal rod by a homeless man told his side of the story in court on Wednesday for the first time.
Video shows ex-San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani being struck in the head with a metal pipe. Defense attorneys for the suspect say it was an act of self-defense that followed a series of bear-spray attacks on homeless people.