SAN ANTONIO – Former Bexar County constable Michelle Barrientes Vela has sounded off on San Antonio emergency personnel who responded to the family’s auto dealership after KSAT Investigates exposed body camera footage of the violent 2024 altercation between her sons and San Antonio police officers.
The videos were released after the criminal charges filed against Michael, Anthony and Carlos Barrientes Vela were resolved in court earlier this year.
“The law enforcement really just failed that night,” said Barrientes Vela during a wide-reaching interview with KSAT Investigates. ”They failed my sons. They failed me, and they failed every community member that’s ever been in that kind of position.”
A medical call turns volatile
San Antonio Police Department officers were dispatched around 9:30 p.m. on April 29, 2024, to an auto dealership at 1252 Bandera Road after paramedics responding to a medical emergency requested assistance…