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SAPD Officers Overreact at Car Dealership | San Antonio News
A former constable, Michelle Barrientes Vela, is speaking out after her sons were violently tackled by San Antonio police during a medical emergency at their family’s car dealership in April 2024. Bodycam footage shows officers entering private property without warrant or probable cause, escalating when one son resisted being touched after paramedics questioned him about drugs — resulting in a broken hand and sparking a federal civil rights lawsuit. Two brothers pleaded no contest to resisting arrest, while Michael was convicted of resisting arrest but not assault. The officer involved, Henry…
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