Texas Man Severely Beaten By Police for Cycling With No Headlight

Martin Garcia Ortiz is in critical condition, unable to speak, after a run in with police on August 10th. Reports indicate that he was stopped for riding his bike without a light, and possibly being intoxicated. The Ortiz family maintains that the police are not providing a full incident report, and that the police dashboard video camera footage is unavailable for reasons unbeknownst to them. Read more.

6 Responses to “Texas Man Severely Beaten By Police for Cycling With No Headlight”


  • Looks like it would be better NOT to have a headlight so those police don’t see you!

  • An old Mexican dude on a bike who had a couple too many cervezas…WTF!!! This is why people hate cops…”for some apparent reason the dashboard cam was not working” Yeah, alright…

  • Those two cops should be dismissed from the force. Failing that, put them on bikes with no lights and let other cops beat them like they did to Ortiz!

  • Well that’ll certainly show him for not using proper bicycle safety. All in all he was lucky though. Imagine what they would have done if he wasn’t wearing a helmet…

  • i don’t stop for cops.

  • Wow, Aransas Cops are dirty dirty. Hope this guy can tell us the story when he recovers. Hopefully some surveillance vid out there! (checks batteries in my front light….)

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