Posted on 07/27/2020 5:27:51 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Garret Foster an Antifa rioter was shot dead at a protest in Austin, Texas, he was armed with an AK-47 rifle, and told a local reporter that opponents of Black Lives Matter are “p**sies.” His death set off a partisan blame game online.
The victim, was taken to hospital with “critical, life-threatening injuries” late on Saturday evening, where he died shortly afterward. A police spokeswoman said he was attending a ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest in the city, and may have approached a passing car while brandishing a rifle.
The driver, who shot the victim from inside his vehicle, was taken into custody by police. On Sunday night Austin police released the driver who shot Garrett Foster.
Dallas News reported:
AUSTIN — Police have released the driver who allegedly killed an armed protester Saturday night in downtown Austin, while they investigate what led to the fatal shooting.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley identified the man who was shot as Garrett Foster.
Foster was attending the protest against police violence and had been pushing the wheelchair of his fiancée, Whitney Mitchell, 28, who is a quadruple amputee. The couple, who met in North Texas as teenagers, moved to Austin a couple of years ago and had attended protests in recent weeks, their mothers told The Dallas Morning News.
Austin police are investigating what occurred between Foster, who they said was carrying an AK-47-style rifle during the protest, and the driver, who called police to report that he’d shot someone…
… Witnesses reported that just before 10 p.m. Saturday, a car turned down the street toward the protesters and the driver started honking its horn. The vehicle stopped in the roadway, police said, and Foster approached the driver’s side window as others began striking the car. The driver then opened fire, striking Foster.
Manley said at a news conference Sunday that the driver reported Foster pointed his weapon at them before the shooting. KVUE-TV reported that police have said Foster did not discharge his weapon, but the chief did say someone else in the crowd did return fire as the car left the scene.
The Austin Police Department has not yet stated in detail how they believe the incident played out, but did note that two people opened fire. They added that the suspect is cooperating with their investigation.
The information that the Foster first pointed his gun was reported by Ray Pearson from Red State Nation.
More from Red State Nation:
Photo below: https://twitter.com/dburbach/status/1287373819682881537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1287383607330439168%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Faustin-police-release-driver-who-shot-and-killed-antifa-protester-garrett-foster-photo-shows-that-foster-was-pointing-his-ak-47-at-the-driver%2F
https://twitter.com/Danny_moist/status/1287383607330439168/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1287383607330439168%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Faustin-police-release-driver-who-shot-and-killed-antifa-protester-garrett-foster-photo-shows-that-foster-was-pointing-his-ak-47-at-the-driver%2F
https://twitter.com/HereForPeace420/status/1287378664552898561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1287378664552898561%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Faustin-police-release-driver-who-shot-and-killed-antifa-protester-garrett-foster-photo-shows-that-foster-was-pointing-his-ak-47-at-the-driver%2F
Garrett Foster, the Black Lives Matter protester who was fatally shot by a motorist in Austin on Saturday night was caught on camera saying that the “people who hate us” are “too big of p-ssies to actually do anything about it” when asked why he was carrying a rifle.
“They don’t let us march in the streets anymore, so I got to practice some of our rights,” he responded.
The interview then asked if he felt like he would need to use it.
“Nah,” he responded. “I mean, if I use it against the cops I’m dead. I think all the people that hate us and want to say shit to us are too big of p-ssies to stop and actually do anything about it.”
In the interview, he confirmed that he was carrying the famous communist weapon AK-47! Video below:
https://twitter.com/animegorilla/status/1287276581233319936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1287276581233319936%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativeus.com%2Faustin-police-release-driver-who-shot-and-killed-antifa-protester-garrett-foster-photo-shows-that-foster-was-pointing-his-ak-47-at-the-driver%2F
That’s the root of things right there. If I am armed and the other person is armed and they point their barrel at me they will be shot, I will operate on the assumption they plan to use it or they wouldn’t be pointing it at me. Want to warn someone or get their attention? Point it up and fire into the air. Want to get shot? Point it at someone and don’t use it.
Thanks.
I fear that foreign terrorist groups like Iran might be supplying AK-47s to Antifa and could be giving them more firepower like RPGs.
If that is the case then NY and CA are headed irretrievably into one party Marxist land.
I think they already are....I hope I’m wrong!!!!
Especially the White ones.
* Oh yeah, I went there. I went there and set up a camp site.
As much as I believe it is severely compromised and corrupted, I will take my chances with the justice system and a jury rather than have my kids mourning my untimely and violent passing...
If she had lost only one leg, she would have been called Eileen.
Since she lost both, and both arms, she was called Matty.
If she had been tossed in the water, she would have been called Bobbi.
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If you are around Rundberg Ln, or Congress & 6th, you are gonna be recorded.
I will take my chances with the justice system and a jury rather than have my kids mourning my untimely and violent passing...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Very much in keeping with the Douglas clan, those of the dark
streams of the Highlands.
If anyone points a firearm at you, they are not protesting. I ‘d wager a few ounces of lead in the difference.Those in the photo point their weapons at the ground.But that can change in a heartbeat.
To not understand this is to be an eternal victim, or among the dead.
Clearly
An apparent graduate of the Joe Biden School of Gun Safety.
Excellent advice. If you have a passenger in the car have them record the incident. And for Gods sake don’t shoot your mouth off. Just keep repeating that you’re afraid they’re going to kill you.
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Finally. I might regret saying this but I am more eager to see dead ANTIFA members than I am of ISIS. Bye bye domestic terrorist.
Jamais arrière!
Was it a real AK-47 (ie an illegal weapon) or was it an AK-47 STYLE weapon? A long gun with a banana style clip that is actually a semi automatic(totally legal)?
My guess is it was an AK-47 with a banana magazine (not clip), and is semi-automatic. Regardless - you don’t point it at someone in a car that is surrounded by people beating on the car, and expect them to not be in fear of their life - possibly (and most hopefully) sending rounds your way.
Yet another reason why I really hate to go to Austin for anything.
Between the NYC/California style surveillance systems in place and the amazingly California like homelessness, there’s nothing up there worth visiting.
They have been describing her as a quadruple amputee. You even quoted the sentence using the phrase.
Which you apparently think is the same as quadriplegic.
I apologize for calling you snide when you apparently just lack comprehension or are vocabulary challenged.
Are you from Rio Linda?
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