Shocking moment armed Texas police chief has furious confrontation with Marine veteran for bizarre reason

This is the shocking moment an armed Texas police chief had a bizarre confrontation with a Marine veteran in a video that has since gone viral.

A community barbecue was held in Bayou Vista City on Sunday to feed some residents in the area after Hurricane Beryl ravaged the area last week leaving more than 288,000 people without power.

As the meat was cooking on the grill, Bayou Vista City Police Chief Jimmie Gillane stopped by to tell city alderman Danny Rambin to shut it down following a directive from Mayor Paula Eshelman, ABC 13 News reported.

Rambin told Click 2 Houston he got permission from the Mayor to barbecue on both days and on Saturday he’d served about 300 people – but on Sunday the Mayor changed his mind for unknown reasons.

‘Well then I woke up Sunday morning to a text from the mayor telling me I would not be able to use the community center, the pavilion, or anything affiliated with Bayou Vista,’ Rambin told the news outlet.

‘(She said) if I wanted to do it again I needed to use my house, and I asked her why and she wouldn’t give me a reason she said ‘because I said so,” he explained.

Still, the event went ahead out of necessity.

At the event, a fiery exchange erupted between the local police chief and Marine veteran Ray Stone, who intervened in an attempt to get answers about why the event was being shut down.

‘I don’t know. I’m not talking to you. You are a disgrace in my eyes,’ the chief is heard saying on the video. ‘As a Marine, I am right here. I’m in your s—. You don’t come here and tell me the truth. You are a piece of s***.’

Marine Veteran Ray Stone recorded Sunday’s incident on his phone and was appalled by Chief Gillane’s behavior, and believes he should be removed.

‘The police chief came into a citizen’s face with a gun belt on, OK. I didn’t react to him. I think the chief, and a lot of people think the chief, should be removed,’ Stone said.

The weekend barbecue for the community was started by resident Paul Sukal and his wife. The group initially set up the tent in the Bayou Vista City Hall parking lot but then moved to the community pool across the street.

After the fiasco, Chief Gillane stood by his actions.

‘I will not back down. I stand by what I said,’ he said to the news outlet. ‘My boss gave me a directive and I went over there and asked why they were there.’

Paul Sukal, one of the residents who arranged the barbecue felt that the matter wasn’t handled correctly.

‘Instead of trying to ask us, “What kind of help do you need?” ‘What do you need to be successful?’ They said absolutely not,’ he said.

‘When we asked why, they said because the mayor said so. This needs to be shut down now.’

Rambin told KPRC2 News that he proceeded with the barbecue as planned because it was a ‘dire need.’

After watching the video, Rambin has questions about whether Chief Gillane should continue in his role – meanwhile Gillane feels the say way about Rambin.

‘Alderman Rambin needs to step down because he said he was going to control that situation, he was out there drinking and he was out there having a little party with his friends,’ Gillane told the news outlet.

However, Rambin said it was not a party but a necessity as the gathering fed at least 600 people from the community, and plans to speak about it at the next council meeting.

He told Click 2 Houston it will bring more transparency in the future.

When DailyMail.com contacted Mayor Eshelman and Chief Gillane for comment both were unavailable.