Hernandez loses civil rights case against officers in videotaped beating. [SEE VIDEO]
A federal jury on Thursday found that an Austin police officer and two former officers did not use excessive force against Ramon Hernandez, whom they were videotaped beating in September 2005.

The six-woman jury in U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Pitman's court deliberated for more than four hours.

After the verdict was read, one-armed hugs and backslaps were shared by officer Christopher Gray, who was suspended for 70 days after the incident, and former officers Joel Follmer, who was fired for his conduct that day, and William Bradley Heilman. Heilman quit the force after the incident and said he has been accepted to Baylor Law School.

"We're pretty excited," Heilman said.

Gray, who was videotaped punching Hernandez 14 times while the man lay facedown in handcuffs, said: "I am going to do my job Monday morning the same way I've always done it, and that is with the safety of Austin's citizens in mind."

Hernandez suffered cuts and bruises in the melee, which started when he fled the scene of a minor Burnet Road car accident. He disclosed during the four-day trial that he has schizophrenia and felt symptoms the day of the wreck and arrest.

He said he was proud he took the case to trial.

"It was a horrific event," the 27-year-old said, "but I survived."

During closing arguments, one of Hernandez's lawyers implored the jury to hold the officers accountable for roughing up Hernandez a block from the car accident, where he had fled with his Bible to pray.

"If what you saw on that video was not a violation of Ramon's civil rights, I don't know what is," Amber Vasquez Bode said.