A San Antonio police officer fired after body-worn camera footage showed her repeatedly punching a handcuffed, pregnant woman formally began her bid Wednesday to be reinstated to the department.
An attorney for officer Elizabeth Montoya argued before a third-party arbitrator that his client used proper techniques to try to gain compliance from the handcuffed woman, Kimberly Esparza, during a search near downtown in July 2018 and that Montoya was subjected to disparate treatment from the department after it completed its investigation of her.
Esparza, described as 5′1″ and 130 pounds, was barefoot and six months pregnant while Montoya attempted to search her for drugs in the 1200 block of San Luis Street, just west of downtown.Esparza would not comply with many of Montoya’s instructions during the search before the incident escalatedFootage from the body camera of Officer Joshua Vega, who was standing behind Montoya, shows Montoya reach into the vehicle and deliver a flurry of punches as Esparza screams and struggles.
The footage, however, showed Montoya punching Esparza seven times in the head with a closed fist and once in her side. Montoya’s attorney, Robert Leonard, peppered Murray with questions about why he never questioned some officers at the scene of the incident. Leonard also played several clips of footage that appeared to show other SAPD officers at the scene employing compliance techniques on Esparza.
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