NEW: Residents in a Williamson County apartment complex called 911 because of a possible domestic violence incident. When deputies arrived, they attacked the victim. The September 2019 incident, captured on video, is now under investigation by the Texas Rangers and prosecutors.
Footage shows Deputy Lorenzo Hernandez, a training officer, used force on the 20-year-old woman after she hesitated for deputies to enter her home to search for her boyfriend. The woman was handcuffed and taken to the ground, videos show, and threatened with a Taser.
"When we don't get your cooperation, that is what happens," Lorenzo told her. "All this screaming, and uh, all this s--- does not make us stop." Law enforcement and domestic violence experts say they are deeply troubled by the incident.
Williamson County sheriff's officials suspended Hernandez for a day, removed him from being a training officer and ordered him to get more training after they said "his failure to de-escalate the incident is unacceptable." Two months later, they promoted him.
This is part of our ongoing coverage of the department that began when we revealed details in June on the death of #JavierAmbler. Please read our story via @statesman: statesman.com/news/20200903/… and via @KVUE: kvue.com/article/news/i…
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