Bodycam footage reveals Rep. Ronny Jackson, thrown to ground by police, confronting trooper angrily with profanity at recent rodeo altercation.
, Terry. However, Jackson in the video — as well as two witnesses — dispute that he was appropriately notified that he needed to back away for EMS.
His office has emphasized he was “not drinking,” though the sheriff’s report challenges that assertion. A short time later, the audio returns and the bodycam video shows Jackson confronting Young, cursing at him and leaning toward him.Their confrontation continues a couple minutes later at a different location. Jackson continued to deny that he repeatedly disobeyed orders to get back, telling Young he was “the first motherfucker” to tell him to do that.“Walk with me!” the man said. “Goodness gracious, buddy.
That comment appeared to refer to part of the sheriff’s report that said Jackson tried to care for the patient by putting a gumball in her mouth as a way to elevate blood sugar. Jackson suggested to Young that he did that because she may have been hypoglycemic; Young said she was anemic and Jackson disagreed, telling Young he does not have the medical knowledge to know that.
Two witnesses, Chris and Jodi Jordan of Hereford, said they were 5 to 6 feet away from the initial confrontation. They said they do not believe Jackson received adequate notice prior to his apprehension that he needed to back away because EMS was on the way. They said officers “barely missed the concrete” when they took Jackson to the ground.
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