BREAKING: 63yo Jesse Lutzenberger has been arrested for assaulting a Bexar County election clerk on Thursday night.
An incident report says Lutzenberger was “wearing a red “MAGA” or “TRUMP” baseball cap” and struck the clerk with his fists after being asked to take it off.
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Sheriff Javier Salazar say the election clerk asked him to remove it, which he complied.
As Lutzenberger was walking out of the polling area he reportedly had the hat on again.
The election clerk asked him to remove it but Lutzenbeger then struck the clerk with his fists in the worker’s chest and face.
Lutzenberger left and the clerk was treated by EMS.
He was arrested by deputies at his home, a short time later.
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Demonstrators supporting and opposing the Christmas drag show at the Aztec Theater in San Antonio have begun arriving.
Both sides are armed.
The far right group claims the show is grooming children. Counter protesters are here supporting LGBTQ rights and anti-fascism. @TPRNewstwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The number of protesters on both sides is growing.
The number of armed protesters is growing too.
The anti-fascist and LGBTQ rights supporters side has more people and guns at the moment. As seen here, a group carrying guns arrived a little while ago.
It’s about an hour before the Christmas drag show starts. Both sides have grown quite a bit, but the LGBTQ side far outnumbers the far-right protestors side by about 4 to 1. @TPRNews
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg says this crisis has created extreme hardship and the goal today is to figure out what happened to prevent this from happening in the future. He adds ERCOT’s failure created hardship across the state and state leaders must get to the bottom of it.
San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh says SAPD/SAFD received twice the normal call volume - about 20,000 calls for service and there were more than 1,400 vehicle accidents on Saturday/Sunday.
The folks who are answering your questions are:
Liz Provencio, City of San Antonio Deputy City Attorney
Larry L. Roberson of the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
and Bexar County DA Joe Gonzales
Provencio and DA Gonzales both say that people are expected to follow the order to Stay At Home but there won’t be law enforcement actively seeking people who are not observing the order.
1/ Alright kiddos! It’s time for City Council! On the agenda today are two big items. Sending the fire union’s charter amendments to voters and approving paid sick time or sending that to voters too. Going to be live tweeting on this thread in the posts below ⬇️⬇️ @TPRNews
2/ You might remember my story from yesterday: A PAC tried to sue the Fire Union to prevent the council from placing the items on the ballot. Here's that story. tpr.org/post/judge-all…
3/ The city council's role in the amendments is purely ministerial in where it has to put them on the ballot. The lawsuit in the above tweet is still expected to more forward on other grounds. A council briefing on the expected impact of the amendments will made before vote.