User:Viriditas/Texas Trump Train ambush

On Friday, October 30, 2020, a Joe Biden campaign bus was ambushed by a "Trump Train" convoy of Trump supporters while traveling from San Antonio to Austin, Texas along Interstate 35. The bus, which carried former State Senator Wendy Davis and several campaign staffers, was followed along the interstate by several cars, including many flying Donald Trump flags. After the incident, the Biden campaign cancelled two planned events in Austin, Texas. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation into the incident. Trump subsequently criticized the FBI's decision at a rally. He later tweeted, "In my opinion, these patriots did nothing wrong. Instead, the FBI & Justice should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat run cities and hurting our people!"

Lawsuits
Protect Democracy, the Texas Civil Rights Project, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP later filed two lawsuits in response to the attack on the Biden campaign bus. Cervini v. Cisneros, was filed against the drivers, and Cervini v. Stapp was filed against local law enforcement, who the suit claims refused to help escort the Biden bus. 911 transcripts of the incident included in the suit claims that San Marcos police refused to escort the bus and laughed and joked about the attack. This lawsuit alleges that the refusal to help by law enforcement officers violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.