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Mark Hughes, the gun-toting, camouflage-wearing protester that was
wrongly suspected for last week’s deadly attack on Dallas police
officers has been forced to run for his life from the local hotel where
he and his family have been holed up since the attacks according to his
Lawyer.
The Dallas police department tweeted a photo
of Hughes with a rifle slung over his shoulder, wearing a camouflage
T-shirt and asked for the Public’s help in finding him. The
department later said he had turned himself in and wasn’t the
perpetrator of the crime. In Texas, carrying a long gun, like a rifle or
shotgun, is legal.
But according to Hughes’ lawyer, he’s been receiving death threats ever since.
The family’s attorney, S. Lee Merritt said,
“Cory
(Hughes brother) went to the bathroom and noticed a group of white guys
staring at him and they had pictures of his brother up on their
phones,” Merritt told the Daily News.
(Hughes brother) went to the bathroom and noticed a group of white guys
staring at him and they had pictures of his brother up on their
phones,” Merritt told the Daily News.
“He
came back to me where we were eating and those same guys started taking
positions around us by the exits. I got us up in a hurry and got out of
there.”
came back to me where we were eating and those same guys started taking
positions around us by the exits. I got us up in a hurry and got out of
there.”
According to Merritt, they’ve been forced to leave the state.
