When Silva sat up, a deputy hit him in the head, said Laura Vasquez, 26.
Witnesses said officers arrived and beat him with batons. Silva’s cries for help and the crack of the batons woke up many in the neighborhood.
A woman screamed, “Call the cops!” “They are the cops!” people shouted.
Authorities said six deputies, a sergeant, two California Highway Patrol officers and a police dog were at the scene.