Posted on 07/29/2014 3:29:41 PM PDT by bamahead
Ah, another glorious moment in America’s drug war.
Three San Antonio Police officers are being investigated for possibly using excessive force, after a May 20 incident in west San Antonio left a man with injuries to his face, skull and neck.
Roger Carlos was in the 10600 block of Westover Hills Boulevard taking photos of a building that will soon be home to his wife’s medical practice, when he was approached by three officers around 2:30 p.m.
The officers were identified as an undercover drug task force officer and two SAPD SWAT members.
According to an SAPD incident report released to I-Team, the officers had been pursuing a suspect nearby who was wanted on a felony warrant.
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“All three of them started beating me on the head,” said Carlos, who still showed visible signs of the beating when he spoke with KENS 5 weeks after the incident.
“It was unbelievable. I couldn’t believe it was happening to me.”
Carlos said he was struck about 50 times, even though he complied with the officers’ instructions and did not fight back.
Shortly after being handcuffed and explaining to officers that he owned the property, a fourth officer approached and said the suspect was in custody nearby.
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San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says it was a case of “mistaken identity,” ... “From the report that I’ve read, from the photo that I saw and from your description, I’ve not seen anything at this point that would indicate to me that anything out of order happened.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
You were making the case that we have all been trained not to photograph buildings. Implying that any beat down the guy received was understandable.
Look i am not here to crucify you. I just don’t understand why you turned this into a photography issue, and why you appeared to give the gubment the benefit of the doubt. Many of us here are way past excuses for gubment abuse.
That’s all this is about.
I never turned it into a photography issue. It was a journalism issue We don’t know the whole story. The photog was in the story
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