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A San Antonio police officer has suspended indefinitely the equivalent of being terminated in January after a racially-charged incident that happened last summer involving arresting a Black man.

Officer Tim Garcia was captured on his body-camera using racial slurs during the arrest of Dewaxne Robinson at the River Center Mall on July 14, 2018. The video was recently obtained by KSAT’s investigative team. Robinson was arrested by mall security who alleged he disturbed shoppers with his “aggressive” behavior according to a police report. The report also claims the 24-year-old became “confrontational with mall patrons as they were walking by” including “using vulgar language” and “threatening patrons as they passed.”

After Garcia and his partner asked for Robinson’s ID and reportedly threw the man to the ground and handcuffed him while saying racist slurs and roughed him up. The police report, written by Garcia said Robinson “removed his ID from his wallet but refused to hand it to me … at that point we could see (Robinson) changing posture and begin to take an aggressive stance.”

Robinson asked why he was getting arrested and Garcia said, “For being a f***ed up n****.”

Robinson complains about being arrested, Garcia is heard saying, “You know what’s bulls***? The way you were raised is bulls***.”

Robinson complains about his arm being twisted as he is being placed in handcuffs’ referring to Garcia as “n***a” several times, to which Garcia replies. “N****? Do I look like your n****? Say it right. Put an ‘r’ at the end. If you’re going to say it, don’t call me n****. I ain’t your n****.”

A department review concluded that Garcia acted inappropriately. San Antonio police Chief William McManus agreed with the board’s recommendation of indefinite suspension.