San Marcos PD assistant chief who called Biden supporters ‘tards’ got an 8-hour suspension
A Trump-Pence billboard greets drivers along U.S. 83 in Zapata on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. President Donald Trump was able to carry the traditional Democratic stronghold by over 5 percentage points over Joe Biden.
The memo references an Oct. 30, 2020, incident in which a bus carrying members of the Biden-Harris campaign drove on I-35 in San Marcos en route to a campaign event at Texas State University. While on the interstate, the campaign bus was tailed and harassed by about 50 vehicles that were purported members of a “Trump Train” — supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
The Biden staffers contend in the lawsuit that when they called 911 and “begged” for help from San Marcos police, members of the department “privately laughed and joked about the victims and their distress, including by calling them ‘tards,’ making fun of a campaign staffer’s ‘hard’ breathing, and retorting they should just ‘drive defensively’ or ‘leave the train.’”
According to the letter Standridge sent to Klett, a police commander texted Klett the afternoon of Oct. 30 and asked, “did Kamala show,” to which Klett responded, “no, just a couple other yards.” He then sent another text clarifying that he meant “tards,” short for retards.Klett was interim police chief from September 2019 to November 2020, meaning he was in charge of the police response to the Biden bus incident.
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