The settlements were driven by an out of control media. The taxpayers will pay to make the relatives eight digit millionaires.
Inside a district attorney’s campaign to "reform" the Austin police department
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The settlements were driven by an out of control media. The taxpayers will pay to make the relatives eight digit millionaires.
Settlements need to keep going higher and higher until taxpayers like you and vanzandt finally say enough is enough when it comes to police brutality and also support police ending qualified immunity and allow police to be sued personally.
Murders are shooting higher than settlements. Just watch, the public is getting tired of this exaggeration of police abuse.
Doesn't mean police brutality, violating citizens constitutional rights,state and federal laws and police procedure should be allowed.
Its no exaggeration.
The problem with the public is too many are willing to accept police brutality and violating citizens constitutional rights when crime goes up.
I agree that police brutality when it happens should be internally and criminally reviewed, but defunding the police is a bad idea. In major cities there are thousands of people with outstanding warrants who need to be apprehended.
Watch: Austin police chief weighs in on city’s deadliest year in decades, police reform and "defunding" the department
The question of whether Austin needs to boost the number of officers took center stage this year as the city, like many other major U.S. cities, experienced a record surge in homicides. In November, the city’s voters soundly rejected a move at the ballot box — known as Proposition A — that would have forced the city to hire hundreds of new police officers.
But Prop A’s defeat doesn’t mean that the city doesn’t need more police officers, Chacon said in Wednesday’s conversation. The Austin Police Department simply doesn’t have enough officers to quickly respond to high-priority calls like stabbings, shootings and assaults.
“To be clear, we don't have enough officers,” Chacon said. “I want more police officers.”
The question of whether Austin needs to boost the number of officers took center stage this year as the city, like many other major U.S. cities, experienced a record surge in homicides. In November, the city’s voters soundly rejected a move at the ballot box — known as Proposition A — that would have forced the city to hire hundreds of new police officers.
But Prop A’s defeat doesn’t mean that the city doesn’t need more police officers, Chacon said in Wednesday’s conversation. The Austin Police Department simply doesn’t have enough officers to quickly respond to high-priority calls like stabbings, shootings and assaults.
“To be clear, we don't have enough officers,” Chacon said. “I want more police officers.”
So they should give folks the option to comply or not?
Yeah, that makes sense.
I'm not saying bs hasn't gone on, and to a degree still might, but we have made ga-normous progress in the last 40 years. Why don't you quit living in the past and attempt to accentuate the progress while still fighting the 2% idiots? You'd get a lot fucking farther, unless that's not your true motivation.
Extreme liberal cities and states with large black populations should hire majority of their police officers, to be black. You do not see the racist card being played in the cities of Detroit or Chicago. Black on black shootings are accepted. So, if a black thug is shot by a black police officer, have you seen massive demonstrations? Have you seen them burn police cars? Loot and burn stores? No. They cannot play the race card that is why. Have you seen Stephen Curry or Lebron James or Colin Kaepernick visit Detroit or Chicago to put a stop to blacks being shot? What happened to BLM, or it only does when the shooter is a white police officer?
Austin DA launches over 20 grand jury cases against cops who responded during George Floyd riots
At least 21 officers are facing potential charges for firing less than lethal rounds at protesters who were blocking I-35, the main interstate through Austin, and refusing to disperse after multiple instructions by police to do so. Interstate 35 is the main traffic artery through downtown Austin, connecting the Texas capital to points north including Dallas and south including San Antonio. Attempting to block the interstate was illegal. Austin Police Headquarters is next to the interstate and protesters kept it under a state of siege for several nights.
At least 21 officers are facing potential charges for firing less than lethal rounds at protesters who were blocking I-35, the main interstate through Austin, and refusing to disperse after multiple instructions by police to do so. Interstate 35 is the main traffic artery through downtown Austin, connecting the Texas capital to points north including Dallas and south including San Antonio. Attempting to block the interstate was illegal. Austin Police Headquarters is next to the interstate and protesters kept it under a state of siege for several nights.
Good job.Criminal thugs with badges should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.Thier punishment should be more severe than regular citizens.
He could do a better job by charging them himself rather than going through a grand jury.
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