Tag: police brutality
Laredo man dies after stun gun shock
Published September 22, 2009 by the Laredo Morning Times.
By Zach Lindsey / Laredo Morning Times
A man who was shocked by a police stun gun Monday morning died soon after at Doctors Hospital.
Police responded to a call at 3:50 a.m. that Richard Battistata, 44, had broken a bedroom window and gained entry to an apartment in the 200 block of Martingale Street.
The original call came in as a criminal mischief report.
Couple say cops harrassed them
Published September 15, 2009 by the San Antonio Express-News.
By Guillermo Contreras / Express-News
A lesbian couple sued the city of San Antonio and nine police officers Monday for alleged harassment during a fruitless drug raid in April in which the women say officers handcuffed them and made demeaning comments about their sexual orientation.