Will Santa Fe fire police officiers named in abuse suit?

A Houston man whose police-abuse lawsuit the city of Santa Fe agreed to settle for $125,000 said today that he wants two police officers fired because he believes they will abuse others.

“I want to see them fired because they already done this to somebody else, and I don’t want it to happen again,” said Sergio Robles, 24.

The city signed an agreement Saturday to settle a federal lawsuit Robles filed in July accusing officers Eric Brus and John Gates of beating Robles Aug. 21, 2006, and spraying him with pepper spray while he was pinned to the ground, Robles attorney Randall Kallinen said.

The city decided to settle the lawsuit after a jury in February returned a not guilty verdict in 19 minutes on a resisting arrest charge against Robles after a week-long trial, Kallinen said.