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WRONGFUL ARREST

Black man arrested while jogging sues SAPD a year after being mistaken for domestic violence suspect

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A man seen on camera being forced into the back of a San Antonio police patrol vehicle after officers mistook him for a domestic violence suspect last year has sued the officers and Chief William McManus, court records obtained Wednesday by the KSAT Defenders confirm.

An innocent Black man was charged by SAPD based on his name. Two years later, the damage remains.

Read full article: An innocent Black man was charged by SAPD based on his name. Two years later, the damage remains.

Michael Wright, 34, was indicted in the summer of 2019 for felony strangulation of a family member, a crime he did not commit. The formal charge came months after SAPD officers investigated a domestic violence incident between a woman and her boyfriend, another man named Michael Wright, 38, at a home near Woodlawn Lake. James Cline were disciplined for mistakes in the Michael Wright investigation. The actual Michael Wright accused of felony strangulation was indicted in July 2020, court records show. It does not appear, meanwhile, that Montes or Cline were ever punished publicly for the gaffes in the Wright case.