San Francisco authorities are refusing to release the mugshot of David DePape, the suspect arrested in the Oct. 28 hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
City police as well as the county sheriff’s office both rejected emailed requests by The Epoch Times for the mugshot of DePape, 42.
An initial request was sent to the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the jail where DePape is being held. An officer replied, “We do not own the rights to mugshots,” noting that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) does.
The SFPD public information officer, Nicole Pacchetti, told The Epoch Times, “Under the current circumstances, we do not release mugshots of the suspect.”
Although police across the United States routinely release mugshots of arrested suspects, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott announced in 2020 that he would no longer release mugshots “except in circumstances where their release is necessary to warn the public of imminent danger or to enlist the public’s assistance in locating individuals, including at-risk persons.”…}