Body camera, dash cam footage released in Ronny Jackson incident at White Deer rodeo

CARSON COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - Newly released body camera footage shows the moments Republican representative Ronny Jackson was detained by law enforcement during the White Deer rodeo.

NewsChannel 10 obtained the body camera video through an open records request.

Disclaimer: This video contains language that some may find offensive.

The video only contains portions of audio. We requested the full video, and this is what was released:

Body camera footage shows incident with Ronny Jackson at White Deer rodeo

When the video was released, Representative Jackson released a statement on Twitter, saying “I will apologize for my language, but I will not apologize for getting upset and speaking my mind considering the circumstances.”

I’m glad the video is out. It shows the incompetence of the authorities and their complete disregard for the young girl...
Posted by Ronny Jackson on Monday, August 14, 2023

Representative Jackson’s office also released the following statement regarding the incident:

Congressman Jackson is glad that Bailey has recovered from the incident and is doing well. Congressman Jackson was not drinking and was prevented from giving medical care in a potentially life-threatening situation due to overly aggressive and incompetent actions by the local authorities present at the time of the incident. Again, he was asked to help the teenager when no other uniformed medics were present. Congressman Jackson, as a trained ER physician, will not apologize for sparing no effort to help in a medical emergency, especially when the circumstances were chaotic and the local authorities refused to help the situation.”
What I will say on background is that the video and additional witnesses disputes EMS being on sight being the reason to detain him (as the report states). They detained him for no reason. So of course he was upset as they were preventing him from helping when no other medics were on sight. Everything was relatively calm (emphasis on relatively as many people were around) until the cops came in and told him to get back (while he was helping). They also skip over the part where they assault Linda (the nurse) who went on record saying they were out of line and punched her.
The report says that they detained him after he was telling them to get back. That is not true. And the footage shows further proof of overly incompetent and aggressive troopers as mentioned above in the statement. They were not medics and stepped in when Ronny was trying to help. So all of this being a big cover for their incompetence for wrongfully detaining Ronny.
Kate lair, Communications Director for Rep. Ronny Jackson (TX-13)

We have reached out to the family involved in the medical incident, Representative Jackson’s office, Texas DPS and the Carson County Sheriff’s Office. All parties have declined to comment further at this time. This is a developing story, and we will continue to follow-up as we obtain more information.

You can view the full incident report from the Carson County Sheriff’s Office below:

NewsChannel 10 open records request results from Carson County by News Channel10 on Scribd

Dash camera video also shows the incident at the rodeo. You can watch that full video below:

Dash camera footage shows incident with Ronny Jackson at White Deer rodeo

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