Lapel camera footage (Darren Cruz), Espanola Police Department: Eric Mendonca lawsuit. 10/10/2022
Channel: Rio Arriba County News
Date: 2024-01-17

Story here:
https://bit.ly/49VJdFB

Espanola Police Department lapel camera footage from Officer Darren Cruz of incident involving Phillip Chacon on Oct. 10, 2022. Chacon was later arrested for allegedly running over Eric Mendonca. Officers were initially called to a report of two men fighting and Chacon showed officers video of him beating Mendonca.
Mendonca is suing the city, police department and officers Darren Cruz, Donnie Gutierrez and Matthew Torrez for letting Chacon go, which then resulted in the second attack on him. Police Chief Mizel Garcia is also being sued, for failure to train and supervise.

Lawsuit here: 
https://bit.ly/49Sr3oj