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Texas protester shot

Read the article. Watch the police update video then the video posted by Anthony Martini.
https://www.statesman.com/news/20200725/man-shot-to-death-during-downtown-austin-protest
https://www.statesman.com/news/20200725/man-shot-to-death-during-downtown-austin-protest
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Anthony Martino (@anthonyfartino) Tweeted: Clip of the shooting at the protest in Austin Texas from Hiram Gilberto on FB https://t.co/VFbzqfoSff
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
-Deceased dude had been protesting for 50 days straight.
-Was interviewed by local news in the past few days and asked why he was carrying an AK-47 while protesting. His response was something along the lines of “The people we are against are too big of ****** (slang term for a cat) to do anything.
-Group of ‘protestors’ surrounded a vehicle and started beating on a car that was trying to pass through.
-Driver of the car was a concealed carry licensee.
-Deceased dude reportedly pointed his rifle at the driver.
-Driver drew from the drop and shot the ‘peaceful protestor’, drove away called police to report what had happened, was instructed to pull over and then he began fully cooperating with the police.
IF all the above is correct, then the deceased “protestor” played a stupid game and won a stupid prize. Assaulting someone by pointing a rifle at a driver WHEN THE DRIVER HAS THE RIGHT TO BE THERE (big difference between this and the St. Louis couple) is a good way to get shot.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
-Two people fired shots in the incident. One was the driver, and another was a different protestor who drew his gun and fired on the vehicle as it fled the scene.
-Both shooters have been released.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Video of the deceased talking about why he is carrying a rifle at the protest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhm-nbr4zhg
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
― Douglas Adams
He was driving for a Rideshare company, and since he is not local, did not know that there were illegal protests happening on Congress Ave.
https://www.kxan.com/austin-george-floyd-mike-ramos-protests/man-who-shot-austin-protester-garrett-foster-reveals-identity-claims-self-defense-attorney-says/
Sgt. Perry’s view of the shooting:
Prior to arriving at the corner of Fourth Street and Congress Avenue, Sgt. Perry did not know that a demonstration was taking place,” the statement says.
“When Sgt. Perry turned on the Congress Avenue, several people started beating on his
vehicle. An individual carrying an assault rifle, now known to be Garrett Foster, quickly approached the car and then motioned with the assault rifle for Mr. Perry to lower his window,” which the attorney says Perry did, thinking the gunman was a police officer.
The attorney says Foster then began to raise his weapon, and Perry shot and fired. Perry drove a short distance away to safety while another protester shot at him. He then called police.
Sounds like a clean shoot to me.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
― Douglas Adams