Moment armed BLM protester approaches car with his rifle during Austin protest march before being shot dead by the driver who has been released from custody after pleading self-defense

UK Daily Mail ^ | July 27, 2020 | Luke Kenton and Chris Pleasance

[C19fan]

The moment leading up to the fatal shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter protester in Texas over the weekend has been revealed in a newly surfaced photograph, hours after the suspect was released from custody having told investigators he shot the demonstrator in self-defense. Garrett Foster, 28, was shot dead in Austin on Saturday evening after he confronted the driver of a car who had driven his vehicle toward a hundred-strong crowd of protesters marching in the city center. Foster, who was carrying an AK-47, was shot three times by the driver who then fled the scene. The motorist later told police he fired his handgun at Foster after the activist pointed his assault rifle at his car.

[johniegrad]

Foster, who previously worked as a flight mechanic in the Air Force after enlisting as a teen, began dating Mitchell about ten years ago. He had to leave for basic training just two months after Mitchell had to have all four limbs amputated following sepsis. Her then-boyfriend Foster was discharged from the Air Force, aged 19, to becomer her full time carer.

Something about this smells to me. How does an enlisted get discharged from the military to take care of a girlfriend?

[PAR35]

The guy that got shot, like the Texas Tower shooter who was shot not far away a few decades ago, was a veteran.

[OldGoatCPO]

That lie would almost be believable except for one thing, Foster was at the side of the vehicle, not the front. If he is finance was with him, she would have been nowhere near the front of the vehicle. You went at someone with a weapon they responded. Justified!

[plain talk]

Well one down ... more to go. One less worthless POS to deal with.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In Texas, unlike in Afghanistan under the Kenyan, you do not have to wait to be shot at to defend yourself.

Or if you are serving with the MFO in the Sinai under Reagan where you had to be shot at and someone HIT before you could return fire.

Our ROE's have been very messed up for a long time.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Very true.

[sport]

I read that he was an Air Traffic Controller

[CenTex]

I give up, what does JTS stand for?

FWIW, I have been known to read Gun and Ammo, and the American Rifleman on a regular basis..

[johniegrad]

Could be, I guess. I just posted what the article said about his military service because it made no sense to me.

[2CAVTrooper]

“Our ROE’s have been very messed up for a long time.”

That’s because of too many damn lawyers.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That’s because of too many damn lawyers.

Can't argue with that.

[2CAVTrooper]

“Something about this smells to me. How does an enlisted get discharged from the military to take care of a girlfriend?”

They don’t.

Sounds more like the tough guy got a FTA (Failure To Adapt) discharge.

We had a guy in basic that started crying wanting to go home the minute the doors of the cattle car opened up. The Army made damn sure they were going to get their money’s worth out of him. He spent the entire 8 weeks alternating between KP and CQ duties, and it wasn’t until two weeks after graduation that he got cut loose to go home with a FTA, and barred from trying to enlist again.

On the other hand, I had a blast in basic, and if I could go back in time I’d be more than happy to do it all over again.

[BTerclinger]

I struggled with the DM web page and could never find the video.

Is it anywhere else? Is it conclusive or shot from too far away with a lot of “WTF!”?

(there’s a special place in hell for the web managers of the DM and the NY Post)

[Keyhopper]

He got a little chlorine is his gene pool.

[therut]

Yes they do. Over on DU a person said she was good friends with the girlfriend. The girlfriend said the dead guy did not have his rife at the time. Had it earlier in the day and left it in the trunk of his vehicle and DID NOT HAVE A RIFE at the time of the shooting. BIG LIE.

[johniegrad]

Thank you for your post.

As a Navy psychiatrist, I was involved in hundreds of medical boards and administrative separations. This sounded like the latter given my experience. But I was USN from 1979 to 1986 and things could have changed. Thanks for your input concerning my post. It sounds like this man had problems that led to his discharge.

[2CAVTrooper]

Well the guy was Airforce, so they probably allow people to take leave for their pet hamsters or something like that.

I’ve never heard of the military giving a “compassionate reassignment”, or discharge for someone other than a spouse, child, parent, or grandparent (especially if they were your guardian).

[Jane Long]

What is that symbol the now dead sicko used as his avatar?

Anyone know?