A former Bexar County Sheriff’s lieutenant who received a $395,000 settlement from the county this spring told KSAT Sheriff Javier Salazar attempted to smear her name after she posted photos and videos of herself near the U.S. Capitol building during the January 6, 2021 riot.
from the county this spring told KSAT that Sheriff Javier Salazar attempted to smear her name after she posted photos and videos of herself near the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Mathai, dressed in red, white and blue superhero attire, posted pictures and videos of herself on Facebook near the Capitol as a protest erupted into a deadly riot.“I felt the need to actually disclose that when I said ‘we’re going in,’ because I meant closer to the crowd. I wanted to see things,” Mathai told KSAT.
Attorney Mark Anthony Sanchez, who took on the case and eventually filed a federal lawsuit against the county and Salazar in late 2022, said Salazar’s testimony continued a pattern of him causing legal liability regarding Mathai’s termination. “I believe it -- that the insurrection itself was a terrorist act and she was there in support of it,” Salazar testified.
“The termination in this case was done within policy and was upheld by an arbitrator. The decision to issue a settlement was made outside the BCSO. There was no wrongdoing on the part of the administration, and I stand by our actions,” Salazar stated April 26. Mathai said she is currently working toward obtaining her peace officer’s license and plans to run for sheriff against Salazar in four years, if he is reelected in November.
Assistant district attorney who handled case for county terminated days after settlement was acknowledged publicly
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