AUSTIN (KXAN) — A park ranger who was trying to disperse a crowd on a sunny Thursday at Lake Austin says he was pushed into the water. Police say a 25-year-old has been arrested in the case.
A video shared on social media appears to shows the ranger speaking to the crowd and asking them to keep six feet of distance between them to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The video then shows a man run up and push him, sending both men into the water. The suspect then climbs out of the lake and runs off.
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The person who took the cell phone video of the incident said they were glad the person got in trouble for pushing the park ranger.
“The park ranger was actually being really sweet and understanding before,” they said.
Video surfaces of park ranger pushed into Lake Austin, suspect arrested
The article mentions the group was smoking and drinking which I am pretty sure that the drinking part was already illegal before the pandemic. He could have been an asshole but was not, the video shows the ranger being nice and just talking to them when “edgy asshole” had to push him into the water.
There is a firm difference between being a rebel and being a douchebag. Learn it .
Don’t be the first to go full douche.
Understandable action though. People are fed up.
Unfortunately, it is the rank and file police, (or in this case, park ranger) that will get hurt. And, that is not going to work out well at all.
If you think your local tin-pot dictator is bad now, just wait until the first time a cop gets hurt.
Understandable? That’s very much debatable. Excusable? Absolutely not.
If your brains are that defective, stay home. Don’t mess things up for people who are working to make the right thing happen and actually have enough brainpower (IQ at least 80) to be helpful.
Bad choice of words/phrasing there.
Understandable that people are being pushed into taking stupid stances, and doing stupid stuff. And, you are correct, if tackling someone in uniform seems like a good idea, please do stay home.
But, I will tell you this. If my idiot mayor insists on keeping the city locked down much longer, civil disobedience is not far behind. And, that is what I find understandable.