San Francisco’s public defender plans to file complaints against three police officers and ask state regulators to revoke their law-enforcement certifications after footage showed them striking and kneeling on a man during an August 2025 encounter in a SoMa apartment building. The footage, released Thursday by the Public Defender’s Office, shows officers punching 33-year-old Kevon Gibson and pressing him down by the head and neck inside a building on Sixth Street on Aug. 17. Gibson can be heard saying he cannot breathe. He was hospitalized in intensive care for several days after the encounter. The officers contend Gibson fought them, according to the Public Defender’s Office. The footage’s release was accompanied by accusations that the District Attorney’s Office tried to conceal evidence from a jury and mislead the public. The available information did not include a response from the district attorney. Public Defender Mano Raju said his office would submit complaints to San Francisco’s Department of Police Accountability and seek decertification through state regulators. Losing certification would bar the officers from working in law enforcement. “It’s our job as public defenders to fight back against government overreach, and to protect the community by confronting violence perpetrated by state actors,” Raju said. The release places renewed scrutiny on the officers’ use of force and on how evidence in the case was handled. The public defender’s office did not identify the officers in the information provided.