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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWendy Davis, others suing 'Trump Train' supporters, police for I-35 Biden bus harassment
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/wendy-davis-others-suing-trump-train-supporters-police-for-i-35-biden-bus-harassment/Wendy Davis, others suing Trump Train supporters, police for I-35 Biden bus harassment
by: Kate McGree, Texas Tribune
Posted: Jun 24, 2021 / 12:35 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 24, 2021 / 12:35 PM CDT
Photo from video shared by President Donald Trump on Twitter. (Twitter: Donald J. Trump)
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) A group of people traveling on a President Joe Biden campaign bus on a Texas highway last fall when it was surrounded and followed by former President Donald Trumps supporters have filed a lawsuit against at least seven people who allegedly were following the bus, claiming the group violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and Texas law by organizing a politically-motivated conspiracy to disrupt the campaign and intimidate its supporters.
The Klan Act prevents groups from joining together to obstruct free and fair federal elections by intimidating and injuring voters, or denying them the ability to engage in political speech.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday, claims the defendants violated that law when they followed the bus, yelling death threats and streaming their activities on social media.
The plaintiffs include former state Sen. Wendy Davis, David Gins, a then-campaign staffer who now serves as deputy director for operations for Vice President Kamala Harris, Eric Cervini, another campaign volunteer, and the bus driver, Timothy Holloway. The lawsuit also states that the plaintiffs continue to suffer psychological and emotional injury from the event. The bus driver, Holloway, has been unable to drive a bus following the experience. They are asking for compensatory and punitive damages and for legal fees to be covered.
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Wendy Davis, others suing 'Trump Train' supporters, police for I-35 Biden bus harassment (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jun 2021
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Using the Klan Act for this? I like it
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. Good. I hope they bankrupt the assholes.
Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)3. Go get'em Wendy!
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)4. Good!
Initech
(100,076 posts)5. Good! They should be in jail for that!
Hekate
(90,690 posts)6. Excellent. That was a heinous act that could have gotten people killed. nt
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)7. tfg said they were "escorting" the bus
another obvious lie that his idiot cult probably believes
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)8. Good!
The asshole in the black truck that was causing the trouble has a police record a mile long and to my knowledge has not suffered one iota. He had already previously run his truck into a crowd of protestors.
His name is Eliazar Cisneros.
ffr
(22,670 posts)9. Kicking!
Hit them where it hurts!
Thunderbeast
(3,411 posts)10. Sounds like a kidnapping to me.
Anytime you willfully impede the free travel of someone, you have committed a crime.
yardwork
(61,619 posts)11. That turned out to be a practice run for January 6.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)12. Using intimidation against civilians to pursue a political agenda
sounds like terrorism. There is no provision in any law saying terrorism doesn't count as terrorism if done by whites.
Blue Owl
(50,381 posts)13. The Ku Klux Konvoy