The state’s three top elected leaders also fiercely criticized the Austin officials who plan to cut up to one-third of their police department’s budget, largely through reorganizing divisions out from under law enforcement.
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Austin protesters clash with police in the wake of Garrett Foster’s death
Saturday marked another night of demonstrations against police brutality in Austin, but tensions were heightened because of last week’s shooting death of Garrett Foster, a 28-year-old protester, by a man who has not been charged.
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U.S. Army sergeant who shot Austin protester Garrett Foster posted tweets about retaliating against demonstrators
Daniel Perry has come forward as the shooter of Garrett Foster, a 28-year-old armed demonstrator who was killed while protesting police brutality in Austin last Saturday.
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Texas voters split on police violence protests, open to moving Confederate statues, poll finds
Long-held views on discrimination against Black people and on memorials to the Confederacy are changing in Texas, and voters are open to universal voting by mail, according to polling by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas.
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Texans across the state march to demand justice for Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén
Guillén, a 20-year-old Army specialist, went missing in April from the Central Texas Army post. Remains found last week were confirmed to be hers, her family said. Her disappearance sparked protests against the military for its handling of sexual harassment allegations.
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Watch: Texas’ police use-of-force tactics scrutinized after George Floyd protests
The Texas Tribune spoke to criminologists, policy makers and advocates to hear their perspectives on what the current moment means for Texas and what happens next.
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Texas A&M announces task force to weigh removing statue of Sul Ross, Confederate general and former governor
Texas A&M President Michael Young is urging the task forces to make a decision whether to remove a statue of Confederate general Lawrence Sullivan Ross in the near future. This move follows recent protests against the statue and accusations of racism on campus from students.
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Texas Democrats urge Abbott to call special session as details emerge showing Javier Ambler’s death at the hands of sheriff’s deputies
In 2019, Williamson County sheriff’s deputies held down Ambler and stunned him four times before his body went limp. He died at a hospital about an hour later.
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Comment on looting brings bipartisan heat to Kim Olson’s congressional campaign
“Even if people loot, so what? Burn it to the ground if, you know, if that’s what it’s gonna take to fix our nation,” Olson said. The comment, and her explanation afterward, drew criticism from Republicans and the Congressional Black Caucus, which supports her primary runoff opponent.
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In George Floyd-inspired protests, Texas organizers find new allies in quest for police reforms
“They had to watch this man literally gasp for air … to give a damn,” one Austin organizer said about the momentum building after millions saw the video of Floyd’s death. “They saw it. It was real, and I think that’s why we are where we are.”