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Related: About this forumDemocrats say San Marcos officials didn't respond to "Trump Train" that harassed Biden bus
by Kate McGee and Aliyya Swaby, Texas TribuneSan Marcos city officials were notified more than 24 hours in advance about a planned campaign event Friday on behalf of Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee. Lisa Prewitt, a Democratic candidate for Hays County Commission, flagged local law enforcement early Thursday afternoon for the campaign to share safety concerns about the visit.
She called again the next day to report the dozens of cars and trucks with Trump flags surrounded the campaign bus on Interstate 35, creating a so-called Trump Train that led to a minor collision and an FBI investigation.
But San Marcos police never made it to the scene.
Prewitt, a former City Council member, said in an interview with The Texas Tribune that she called Chase Stapp, San Marcos director of public safety, on Friday and said that the bus was 30 minutes away from the event location in San Marcos and was being followed by 50 or so vehicles with Trump flags.
I let [Stapp] know what was going on and [asked] if we were going to be receiving San Marcos [Police Department] backup, and I was reassured once again that would happen, she said. We never did see any law enforcement from the county nor the city show up to assist the Biden bus.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/02/texas-democrats-trump-train-biden-bus/
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Democrats say San Marcos officials didn't respond to "Trump Train" that harassed Biden bus (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Nov 2020
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sheshe2
(83,751 posts)1. Unfucking Believable.
Or not.
Had those trucks been filled with Biden supporters or Gawd forbid, black people they would have been met with tanks and firepower.
It was just a few trumpers. Police said, meh.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)2. They refused to respond to a felony. Because MAGA.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)3. The cops were outgunned. Self preservation.