A park ranger tried doing the right thing by breaking up a crowd that wasn’t social distancing — and as a reward, some jerk pushed him into the water … a jerk who then got arrested.
The incident happened Thursday at Lake Austin, where a bunch of kids were reportedly smoking and drinking when they were approached by this Texas park ranger — who was telling them they had to break it up and get six feet apart … in other words, doing his job.
At first, it sounds like some of the kids respond affirmatively to his command — albeit somewhat sarcastically — and then out of nowhere … you see one guy ram the ranger — hurling him into the water just below the dock they’re all standing on.
The ranger goes in, as does the guy … fortunately, no one was hurt. The guy gets out and scurries away, and the ranger then follows him, clearly pissed … as he should’ve been. You can also hear his buddies nearby yelling out “Bro!” in apparent shock.
The good news is that the alleged pusher was eventually arrested … cops responded to the scene and took 25-year-old Brandon Hicks into custody and booked him for felony attempted assault of a public servant.
Cops say … “Brandon’s intentional and reckless action could have caused the Ranger to strike his head on the dock as he was falling, and render himself unconscious in at least 3 feet of water where he could have drowned to death.”
His bond was set at $7,500.