Latino Man Stopped by Bexar Sheriif's Deputy for No Reason and Beat Down by Cops: Family Suing for Police Brutality
Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 11:57PM 
A dramatic arrest is caught on tape and the family of the man who resisted arrest, says it shows an abuse of power by a Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy. The District Attorney’s office says otherwise; they say the man and his family are at fault.
Ambrosio Hernandez says BCSO Deputy Ben Ramos beat him and terrorized his family after a traffic stop in June of 2005. Dashboard video from Ramos’ patrol car shows him following Hernandez, after Hernandez left a Southside bar. The deputy was finally able to pull Hernandez over, right outside of the man’s house. That’s when the deputy confronts Hernandez.
DEPUTY: Stay in the car, stay in the car!
HERNANDEZ: What? What?
DEPUTY: Let me talk to you!
HERNANDEZ: I'm right here, talk to me!
DEPUTY: Let me see your driver's license.
HERNANDEZ: I haven't got my license bro!
DEPUTY: The reason why I'm stopping you is because you're driving with no lights, ok?
HERNANDEZ: I turned my lights on bro!
DEPUTY: Ok well you're under arrest; you were driving with no lights.
After the verbal confrontation, the two men walk out of the way, but audio tracks reportedly captured the confrontation as it continued. That’s when Hernandez’s wife and son, come out of their home, and begin arguing with the officer.
DEPUTY: Dude I'm gonna tell you something you better back off! You understand me? You better back off! It doesn't matter he was on the street when I stopped him.
WOMAN: You can't come and start smacking people here!
After several minutes of arguing, additional deputies and police officers arrested Hernandez’s wife and son and took Hernandez to the hospital. His lawyer says the tape shows Deputy Ramos stopped Hernandez without cause. “What you hear on that tape is a gruesome beating,” says attorney James Myart. “My client was being arrested for driving without headlights when the camera clearly shows that is a lie.” Hernandez is changed with evading arrest and his wife and son are charged with interfering with an arrest. The family is suing Bexar County for $10 million for the alleged brutality. [MORE]
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