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'We're not going to escort a bus': Texas police department is SUED by Dems for violating Ku Klux Klan act by failing to escort Biden-Harris campaign bus that was 'threatened' by Trump supporters' cars 'and laughing about incident instead'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Lawsuit filed by Texas Democrats over October 2020 incident involving Biden campaign bus and 'Trump Train' convoy was amended on Friday
- San Marcos, Texas police are accused of 'privately laughing' and 'joking about the victims and their distress' as Biden bus riders pleaded for an escort
- Updated lawsuit includes transcription of 911 call in which San Marcos police officials are heard saying they won't escort the bus after it entered jurisdiction
- Matt Daenzer, a corporal with San Marcos police, allegedly told dispatcher: ‘We will “close patrol” that, but we’re not going to escort a bus’
- One of those on board the bus tells the dispatcher: 'They've cut in on me multiple times. They've threatened my life on multiple occasions with vehicular collision'
- There were no injuries as a result of the incident, which received a lot of attention, including from then-President Donald Trump
- Trump criticized the FBI at the time after the agency said it was investigating the incident
- At one point, one of the pickups collided with an SUV behind the bus, which was traveling from San Antonio to Austin
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-11-02 |
