Austin police officers indicted; defense lawyers hold press conference
The 19 Austin police officers face allegations of excessive force related to the May 2020 social justice protests.
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The 19 Austin police officers face allegations of excessive force related to the May 2020 social justice protests.
The attorneys for eight of the 19 Austin, Texas, police officers facing indictments stemming from tactics used during the 2020 protests over racial injustice
Violent crime has been on the rise in the Texas capital since the early stages of the COVID pandemic, and accelerated when the Democrat-controlled city council voted unanimously to slash the Austin Police Department’s funding by about $150 million, or about a third of its budget in August 2020.
Nineteen Austin police officers have been indicted following protests in May 2020.
The DPS trooper shot a man in the back after the man rammed a pickup truck onto the hood of the trooper's patrol vehicle, court documents say.