Jury Acquits SFPD Officer Stangel In Historic Trial

San Francisco CA

08 March, 2022

6:43 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local March 7, 2022 After four days of deliberation, the jury returned with a verdict Monday acquitting Police Officer Terrance Stangel of three charges for beating Dacari Spiers with a baton in 2019. The decision was read before a courtroom full of police officers. Stangel's mother breathed a sigh of relief and his attorney, Nicole Pifari, hugged her client after the verdict was read. "We're happy that the jury took their job so seriously, and we think that the verdict is the right one," Pifari said after leaving the courtroom. SFPD members and the acting president of the police union, Tracy McCray, were seen happily hugging and shaking hands. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.