San Francisco Chief Deputy John Ramirez will become Sheriff Paul Miyamoto’s new chief of staff, according to an internal memo shared with all personnel in the sheriff’s department on Tuesday and obtained by Mission Local .

And just like his predecessor, Ramirez was once subject to a criminal investigation, though he was cleared of any wrongdoing.

In May 2020, while he was a captain, Ramirez was filmed at a Black Lives Matter demonstration approaching a protester from behind and pushing them onto the asphalt with his nightstick.

The San Francisco district attorney at the time, Chesa Boudin, then opened a criminal investigation into Ramirez’s behavior in July 2020.

At the time, Miyamoto said there was an internal probe underway into the “actions of our staff during crowd manageme

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