SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two men attacked a pair of police officers who were serving as bodyguards for San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, officials said. Lurie was unharmed.
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The suspects, who were taken into custody, were part of a group blocking Lurie and his security team’s vehicle Thursday evening in the troubled Tenderloin neighborhood. The men became violent after one of the officers asked them to move, witnesses told Mission Local, a San Francisco news organization.
A video obtained by the news outlet shows one of the bodyguards dressed in a suit in a struggle with a man who throws him to the ground.
Video obtained by Mission Local shows a police officer, part of Mayor Lurie's security detail, tussling with a man in the Tenderloin.
The mayor looks on before walking away.
The man then slams the officer to the ground, & tries to get on top of him. https://t.co/4x32vFGn2g pic.twitter.com/y2bIMixZlc
— Mission Local (@MLNow) March 6, 2026
It was unclear what Lurie was doing in the Tenderloin, a problem spot for public drug use and dealing, but he often walks around the city talking to residents.
Charles Lutvak, a spokesperson for Lurie, said there was an altercation involving Lurie’s security detail and that the mayor was not involved.
San Francisco police officers responded to the scene after receiving a request for backup from Lurie’s bodyguards, who said they were in a physical altercation with two unidentified men, the police department said in a statement.
The officers had non-life-threatening injuries and were treated by paramedics at the scene, the San Francisco Police Department said in a statement.
The men were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a peace officer with a deadly weapon, resisting a peace officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and other charges.
You gotta love how it says the Mayor was not involved. Duh, no kidding lol. He wasn’t involved because his bodyguards get paid to do the dirty work for him. And I’d be willing to bet anything that the mayor advocates for “gun control” for all law-abiding US citizens. It would be nice if these security guards step aside and let these animals have their way with some of these Mayors and Governors.
When you let crazy, drug addled zombies roam the streets, stuff happens. Lucky for the mayor the police show up when he calls.
His so-called security guards are chickens also. Some nut job picks you up and slams you to the ground, and is pinning you down, it’s time to put a couple of puncture wounds in him and let some air out, if you get my drift. What was he waiting for, for the wild animal to grab his gun from him? (Which looks exactly like he was trying to do)