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Texas House candidate: Post about "bloody cops" was only targeting "bad cops"
by Rishika Dugyala, Texas TribuneA Republican candidate to represent the Temple area in the Texas House of Representatives appeared to advocate for violence against police who use excessive force and questioned whether "good cops" exist in a series of 2017 Facebook posts, according to screenshots obtained by The Texas Tribune.
Grisham, a gun rights activist and one of two candidates challenging incumbent state Rep. Hugh Shine in the Republican primary, confirmed and stood by the posts in a recent phone call with the Tribune. A former first sergeant in the U.S. Army, Grisham said his posts targeted only those officers who use too much force.
He added that he would “take a bullet for good cops."
On June 28, Grisham shared an article about the indictment of an FBI agent in connection with the shooting death of anti-government activist Robert “LaVoy” Finicum. Grisham wrote in a comment below the post, "They should all be lined up and executed.”
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02/07/cj-grisham-defends-anti-police-social-media-posts-targeting-bad-cops-o/
