Gun-toting off-duty cop confronts family for BLM display. He's on leave, WA police say

[Demovictory9]

A confrontation with a neighbor, identified as Matt Steadman, a Zillah police officer, was captured on video and posted to Fabian’s Facebook page on July 26. Steadman was off-duty at the time, but he is seen carrying a gun on his hip in the video.

“I understand it’s his Second Amendment right to have a gun, but the fact that he was so mad, he ran to his closet or wherever he keeps his gun, grabbed it, put it on his hip, marched straight outside to yell at us about chalk, he yelled at the police officer, was cursing while there were about 15 kids was, how I feel, overboard,” Fabian said. “Some of them were super scared about what happened.”

Steadman walks up to Fabian, gets in close and calls Fabian a “f--- punk,” the video shows. After confronting Fabian, Steadman approaches a Selah police car and shares a brief exchange with the officer inside.

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[Mystery sage]

1. And this is what we depend on to protect us?

[uponit7771]

2. Another thug cop failing at being the good guy

[NutmegYankee]

4. White nationalism won't let them calm down.

They view your message of racial equality as a direct threat, and I'm positive some will soon justify murder in their own minds. They are terrorists.

[RainCaster]

5. Racist white guys don't fare well in a largely Hispanic community

The rest of the community will not forget his actions.

[Grins]

6. Chalk. He didn't like chalk on a sidewalk.

As the post read, all it takes is a bucket of water or some rain and it’s gone. But this guy couldn’t handle that, got a gun and showed us his ass.

Imagine if those kids “took a knee”! I wonder if he has shot up his TV?

[Blue_true]

7. He should be fired and never again hired for police work.

People like him seem to believe that their little world is slipping away, that view is pure bullshit.

[maxsolomon]

8. Important to understand the context of where this happened.

Zillah & Selah are in the Yakima River Valley - sun-baked, prime irrigated farm country in Washington State. Crops include White Wine grapes and most of the nation's supply of Hops. The Yakima Indian Reservation makes up a significant portion of the valley.

It is becoming more and more Hispanic, and the white population is less and less happy about it. There are virtually no black people.

As this incident shows, this dude has no business being a cop, or owning a gun.

[Demovictory9]

9. "this dude has no business being a cop, or owning a gun."

agreed. He strapped on his gun - not because he witnessed a burglary - but because kids were chalking

[maxsolomon]

10. "i strapped on my gun because it is my 2nd amendment right"

you never know what them Latino Chalkers might do. you can't PROVE they won't try and stab me with a sharpened chalk - they could be Antifa Far Left Socialist Communist Anarchists!