WND 7/8/2023
Held at gunpoint by off-duty deputy, for no reasonVictims of road rage who can identify their attacker have criminal and civil recourses to obtain justice.
And now that may even apply to a police officer who erupted on the highway, and threatened an innocent victim with his gun.
In March 2018, Mario was driving home in his yellow Mustang in Roswell, New Mexico. He passed a black Ford pickup truck, driven by off-duty Chaves County Sheriff’s Deputy David Bradshaw. Bradshaw then tailed Mario to his home and blocked him in his driveway. Mario, not knowing the person following him was an officer, exited the Mustang with his legally owned handgun displayed openly in his pocket.
Mario remained calm as Bradshaw yelled and cursed at him. The deputy then pointed his own gun at Mario even though the deputy’s toddler was seated between the two men, in the front passenger seat. Mario agreed to put his own weapon back in the car and speak to the deputy in his driveway. Another sheriff’s deputy soon arrived and convinced Bradshaw to leave.
Mario was not ticketed, and Bradshaw was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse. Chaves County fired Bradshaw and has argued that what he did was outside the bounds of his employment. Mario sued Bradshaw and the sheriff’s department for violating his constitutional rights.
More:
https://www.wnd.com/2023/07/road-rage-victim-fighting-hold-attacker-accountable/
