Mathias Ometu, the jogger who was mistakenly arrested and put in jail for two days in San Antonio, Texas, has spoken out for the first time since the incident and accuses the Bexar County Jail employees and the San Antonio Police Department of unfair treatment and police brutality.
See the video below from ABC World News Tonight of Ometu’s press conference as he details what it was like being approached by a police car while going on his regular jog.
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ARRESTED JOGGER SPEAKS OUT: Mathias Ometu, a Black jogger mistaken for a domestic violence suspect who spent two days in jail after disputing the police accusations and allegedly assaulting an officer is now speaking out about the ordeal; the charges were later dropped. @tomllamasabc reports. #sanantonio #texas #black #jogger #police #race #justice #caughtoncamera #worldnewstonight
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