Five days after an incident with San Antonio Park Police, Christina Oliver's face and body show a Fiesta celebration gone horribly wrong.
Oliver had stopped to use the restroom inside a inside a Shell Gas Station late Saturday night on the her way home from celebrating Fiesta downtown. She said she accidentally walked into a stock room at the back of the store instead.
"When I realized it was for employees, I came back into the store," Oliver said.
When she walked out, two Park Police officers confronted her and asked if she had stolen any items from the store.
According to a San Antonio police report, Oliver used a closed fist to punch one of the officers in the throat. It's a detail Oliver vehemently denies.
"He punched me first," she said. "He punched me in the eye."
Family and friends waiting for Oliver outside began to wonder what was taking her so long. Her brother Jason Al-Barati approached the store but was told by a third officer there was an ongoing incident inside.
"Within a few seconds I see that my sister is the incident," said Al-Barati, who provided KENS 5 approximately five minutes of video taken on his cell phone camera.
The video shows Jason asking police to let his sister go, then yelling at officers as he is shoved away from the store. Several people can be heard screaming as the video shows a handcuffed Oliver being shoved against the gas station's front window.
"I can hear the bang, three bangs against the glass," Al-Barati said.
Several San Antonio police officers join the fray, some of whom pull out stun guns and batons.
Al-Barati and his cousin were eventually arrested for interference with police. He said officers confiscated his phone and erased the video of the confrontation.
Al-Barati said he was able to retrieve the video off the phone's SD card.
Oliver was originally charged with resisting arrest, but the charge was later upgraded to felony assault of a peace officer. She suffered a fractured nose and bruising and swelling on several parts of her body including her legs, wrists and the entire right side of her face.
A San Antonio police spokesman confirmed the arresting officer is now the subject of an internal affairs investigation.
Oliver is hoping the charges against her, her brother and her cousin are all dropped.
