Travis County District Attorney José Garza has set a March 30 deadline for himself to ask a grand jury to consider charges against officers in the deaths of Javier Ambler and Michael Ramos, two cases that the new DA has set as a priority for his administration.
On Thursday, Garza released a list of about two dozen cases involving law enforcement officers that could be presented to a grand jury in the future, including six cases that involved the death of a civilian as well as 10 separate complaints from individuals who Austin police hit with beanbag rounds during the May 31 downtown protest against police brutality.
Dec 31, 2020
Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody is suing the man who defeated his reelection bid, claiming election fraud. The lawsuit against Mike Gleason says a glitch caused voters in Leander to be given the wrong ballots on Election Day. It also claims Gleason and his wife stood within Wi-Fi range of one of Leander s polling places for most of Election Day. An affidavit included with the lawsuit says Gleason s wife is the director of the Williamson County Enterprise Applications Division and has complete access to the voting machine software.