(NewsNation) — Surveillance footage Shared by Austin City Councilwoman Mackenzie Kelly shows attorney Gavin Rush, 41, walking into a bar, pulling out a gun and allegedly pointing it at his ex-girlfriend.
rush was allegedly accused with a second degree felony, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. In less than two days, he was released on $40,000 bail.
The video shows two men knocking Rush to the ground after he draws the gun. Calls for his jail time are growing on social media.
NewsNation spoke with a former public defender who says that while the surveillance video has been made public and is causing outrage, it can be harmful to litigate these types of cases in public before they reach the courtroom.