SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer served a five-day suspension this month after investigators said he used excessive force on a suspect accused of hitting a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy with a car, city discipline records show.
Officer Anthony Espinosa was among a group of SAPD officers who took suspect Adrian Arellano into custody in mid-October, a little more than a week after investigators said Arellano hit the off-duty deputy with a car as he directed traffic outside of a school.
Footage of Arellano’s Oct. 14 arrest captured by KSAT showed the suspect backing toward officers at the corner of San Pedro Avenue and Thames Drive…