Trial begins over Texas 'Trump Train' highway confrontation
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A federal trial is set to begin in the case of six supporters of former President Donald Trump whose so-called “Trump Train” surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a Texas highway four years ago.

A federal trial is set to begin Monday over claims that supporters of former President Donald Trump threatened and harassed a Biden-Harris campaign bus in Texas four years ago, disrupting the campaign on the last day of early voting.

The civil trial over the so-called “Trump Train” comes as Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris race into the final two months of their head-to-head fight for the White House in November.

Democrats on the bus said they feared for their lives as Trump supporters in dozens of trucks and cars nearly caused collisions, harassing their convoy for more than 90 minutes, hitting a Biden-Harris campaign staffer’s car and forcing the bus driver to repeatedly swerve for safety.

The lawsuit names six defendants, accusing them of violating the “Ku Klux Klan Act,” an 1871 federal law to stop political violence and intimidation tactics.

    • @ZombiepirateEnglish
      55•2 months ago

      And notably, it’s because the cops didn’t give a fuck.

      The lawsuit plaintiffs said law enforcement "turned a blind eye to the attack — despite pleas for help — and failed to provide the bus a police escort.” The lawsuit alleged that by refusing to help, law enforcement officers violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 because they were aware of “acts of violent political intimidation” but did not take appropriate steps to prevent the Trump supporters from intimidating eligible voters.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿English
        19•2 months ago

        I am absolutely sure that the courts will both annihilate the little people while simultaneously letting the cops completely off the hook.

        • @Sconrad122
          2•2 months ago

          The city already settled to pay about $3 per resident for the cops’ bad behavior and to put cops in a training on political violence. If some of the cops in question live outside of the city (not uncommon), they probably won’t pay a dime and the only impact they will feel is sitting through a training session that they will probably not take seriously

      • @SpaceNoodle
        18•2 months ago

        Worse than that, they were laughing about it.

        Those that weren’t already there actively harassing them, I presume.

    • @irotsomaEnglish
      1•2 months ago

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