Special Reports & Tweets - 20130913_SpecialReport-2_Alex
Aired: 2013-09-13
Duration: 03:12


=== Cruz's Alarm (02:21) ===

[00:00:00]  Can you tell me what happened?
[00:00:14]  I picked up Mr. Gary Hayes coming down to the Capitol.
[00:00:17]  It's a nice day.
[00:00:19]  He open carries his black powder pistol.
[00:00:22]  What is that, Chris?
[00:00:23]  It's a pre-1899 replica.
[00:00:30]  Okay.
[00:00:32]  And he was rolling around the Capitol, talking to the security guards and the troopers about an incident that
[00:00:40]  happened earlier today.
[00:00:41]  And Trooper...what was his name?
[00:00:44]  Cruz?
[00:00:45]  Yes.
[00:00:45]  Trooper Cruz decided that he was going to become alarmed at Mr. Hayes' open-carried pistol because he could see it.
[00:00:53]  It was being displayed.
[00:00:56]  So he asked Mr. Hayes if he could please take it back to his vehicle so that Officer Cruz would not remain alarmed, and Gary said, no thank you.
[00:01:06]  So at that point, Officer Hayes told him that if he's not going to comply, he's going to be under arrest for disorderly conduct.
[00:01:13]  And so, how long did it take for them to officially arrest him?
[00:01:18]  He had a conversation with First Security Guard Johnson.
[00:01:25]  And then a State Highway Patrol Bike Officer, Pena.
[00:01:34]  Those each were about 15-20 minute encounters each.
[00:01:37]  And then I had a conversation with Cruz for a good 20 minutes before he was placed under arrest.
[00:01:42]  So it was a good block?
[00:01:42]  Yeah.
[00:01:44]  Alright, so they placed him under arrest.
[00:01:46]  I noticed we have some EMSA trucks, some emergency trucks out here.
[00:01:49]  Was there any type of confrontation or why are those out?
[00:01:52]  No, Mr. Hayes is a disabled vet.
[00:01:54]  He is paralyzed.
[00:01:56]  He requires that wheelchair to move.
[00:01:58]  Not just, he can't walk well.
[00:02:00]  He cannot walk at all and he takes several medications.
[00:02:03]  So they called the EMS to come out and check him over and make sure that he got handled in a proper manner while they kidnapped him.

=== Arrested at Texas Gun Works (01:06) ===

[00:02:12]  So, do you guys have any plans of bailing him out or what's going to happen now?
[00:02:16]  We are under orders to not bail him out.
[00:02:19]  So this should be an interesting next few days.
[00:02:23]  He is a member of the National Association for Legal Gun Defense or something like that.
[00:02:31]  I'm sure they'll be contacted.
[00:02:33]  And there are apparently 62 people viewing our particular live stream.
[00:02:38]  Awesome!
[00:02:39]  Great!
[00:02:40]  Tell everybody hi!
[00:02:41]  Hi everybody!
[00:02:43]  I gotta give thanks to Mike Cargill who called me and tipped me off to this thing going on at Texas Gun Works.
[00:02:49]  So thanks Mike, and I was actually out here when they arrested one of the guys earlier.
[00:02:54]  I believe there was somebody that got arrested even before I got here earlier this morning.
[00:02:58]  A gentleman, he was a pastor.
[00:03:01]  Terry Hulk?
[00:03:02]  Yes, Terry Hulk.
[00:03:03]  And they arrested him, I was here to witness that and the troopers behavior at that particular incident.
[00:03:09]  Well thank you very much for being here.
[00:03:12]  Thank you.