The man we called 'Mateo' is speaking out, nine months after the beating he suffered from San Rafael police. He now wants you to know his real name and the complete story in this ABC7 News I-Team exclusive.
: "I know." DAISY MAZARIEGOS: "Okay."In our interview, Lopez said, "I wasn't worried because I always trust in the police, you know, I feel like we're safe with the police.": "Hey, sit the f*** down."Julio explained in Spanish and English that he had to stand to retrieve his wallet from his front pants pocket.
They transported Julio to the hospital for treatment and then to jail. When his wife bailed him out at three in the morning, Julio was still coughing up blood.Yesenia Lopez told the I-Team, "It's very unfair. What happened for him and for us as a family. It's unfair, totally like we were nothing." Julio's attorney, Anthony Label, told us, "They knew what they had done was wrong. Otherwise, they wouldn't have lied in the reports to try to paint Julio as the aggressor."
Then, she saw the body cam video and dismissed the case. At a meeting Monday night, the city attorney revealed an investigation by an outside consultant is done, and that it's now up to San Rafael Police Chief David Spiller to decide if the officers will be disciplined -- more than nine months after the altercation.
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