Stapp allegedly called 911 dispatch to report the cancelation, but didn’t relay the request about the bus. The lawsuit states that a campaign volunteer informed Cole Stapp, a deputy in the San Marcos City Marshal’s department, of the cancelation and asked for help to still get the bus to the venue. The Biden campaign eventually canceled the event in the battleground state just days before the Nov. “Are you kidding me, ma’am?,” the staffer responded before stressing that the Trump supporters had “threatened my life on multiple occasions with vehicular collision.” The staffer again begged for an escort but the dispatcher refused, saying the order came “from our chief,” according to the suit. There’s an idea,” the dispatcher added.Īccording to the transcript in the lawsuit, the dispatcher eventually told the Biden staffer that the request for a police escort was denied-before adding: “If you feel like you’re being threatened or your life is threatened, definitely call us back.” “Yeah, well, drive defensively, and it’ll be great,” Daenzer responded. The dispatcher said the caller was “really worked up over it and he’s like breathing hard and stuff, like, ‘they’re being really aggressive.’ Okay. In a separate call, a New Braunfels dispatcher relayed a request for a police escort once the bus entered San Marcos’ jurisdiction. We will ‘close patrol’ that, but we’re not going to escort a bus.” In a call transcript detailed in the suit, San Marcos Police Corporal Matthew Daenzer told a 911 dispatcher who had fielded a call from a terrified Biden campaign staffer: “No, we’re not going to do it. The lawsuit alleges San Marcos Police chose not to provide the Biden bus with a police escort despite multiple requests, and even refused “to take reasonable steps to protect both Plaintiffs’ safety and their foundational democratic rights.” It names a slew of city officials as defendants, including San Marcos’ director of public safety Chase Stapp, San Marcos Police Corporal Matthew Daenzer, and San Marcos assistant police chief Brandon Winkenwerder, and the city itself.
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Wendy Davis, bus driver Timothy Holloway, campaign staffer David Gins, and volunteer Eric Cervini.
The lawsuit, obtained by The Daily Beast, was filed by former state Sen. “Instead, according to text messages and 911 audio recordings obtained by Plaintiffs, they privately laughed and joked about the victims and their distress, including by calling them ‘tards,’ making fun of a campaign staffer’s ‘hard’ breathing, and retorting they should just ‘drive defensively’ or ‘leave the train.’”
But San Marcos cops and city officials “chose not to mount a response” from the moment dispatch received 911 calls pleading for help, the lawsuit alleges.
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