Bexar County prosecutors on Monday dismissed a felony charge against a former San Antonio police officer accused of kneeling on a suspect’s neck during a 2019 disturbance call.
Michael Brewer had been charged with unlawful restraint risking serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony.along with Officer Andre Vargas after an SAPD internal affairs investigation determined Vargas used unnecessary force by lifting the suspect off the ground by his arms even though he was already handcuffed and that Brewer had subjected the man to unnecessary physical violence.
“We played the video frame by frame and showed that at no point in time can we a weight being applied to his neck,” Sifuentes said. Sifuentes, who filed a writ seeking a dismissal in the case earlier this year, said evidence gathered at the time of the man’s arrest did not match the charge eventually filed against his client.
“When you take a look at everything, this is a case that’s unprovable, never should have been indicted,” Sifuentes said. District Attorney Joe Gonzales told KSAT he could not comment on the case yet because he had not been briefed on the dismissal yet, but could be available later this week to answer questions.Copyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved.Emmy-award winning reporter Dillon Collier joined KSAT Investigates in September 2016. Dillon's investigative stories air weeknights on the Nightbeat and on the Six O'Clock News.
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