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“Our actions speak loudly that we want to protect our protectors,” Mayor Will Armstrong said Tuesday during a city council meeting.
An internal investigation cleared three officers and a cadet of charges they used excessive force. But a grand jury did not indict Victor Cano, his sister Dalhia Villarreal and their father Santos Cano, on charges they attacked the four officers.
Police can still pursue misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges against the family, City Attorney Miles Risley said.
He sent a letter to District Attorney Stephen Tyler on July 17 asking if such prosecution would interfere with any of his cases. He has a month to respond to the letter, Risley said.
After viewing the patrol-car video recordings Councilman Jim Wyatt said, “We cannot afford for our public to treat our officers as these people did during that incident.”