UPDATE: Ott Asks DOJ For Review of Police Tactics

Request comes on heels of Jackson shooting death

"...– including by commandeering a car and having a civilian drive him around looking for Jackson – and caught..."

Aug. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...and sadness. Woven closer every day as a family unit, the three characters are confronted with a wrenching decision..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Freeport Wins Small

Thousands and Thousands of Dollars

"...Freeport-McMoRan, filed the suit last October under the Federal Civil Rights Act, claiming that the city had violated their..."

May 19, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Headlines

"...at least 1pm so council members can attend the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Library; eventually they'll discuss..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature

TDCJ: Hearing Loss Isn't A Disability

But a federal judge disagrees

"...Jeremy Durrenberger's disability during his visits to the Hughes Unit in Gatesville...."

Dec. 14, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Rehabilitation or Torture?

Texas prison inmates say their 'therapy' has taken a dark turn

"...substance abusers every year. Gateway treatment sites utilize Therapeutic Community paradigms, and are supplemented by Cognitive Self-Change methods."..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...world – as well as to possibility of the United States continuing as a Constitutional Republic based on the..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...world – as well as to possibility of the United States continuing as a Constitutional Republic based on the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...world – as well as to possibility of the United States continuing as a Constitutional Republic based on the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Ironically, across downtown from the Klan rally, Austin civil rights leader Volma Overton was laid to rest almost..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...position at St. David's offers better hours and more opportunities to ride his bike. Meanwhile, Waring says the bike..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature

A New Jail for Travis County?

County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry

"...to feel the world spinning as her freedom, her community, and her privacy disappear. She knows what it's like..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Pedernales Lofts) announced their plans for a new 36-story, 200-plus-unit condo development at Third and Bowie called Spring. According..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...included a global pandemic and a major rupture in police-community relations, during which Council members understandably paid less attention..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Wish You Were Queer

Send Barack a postcard!

"...security of knowing that no one outside of their unit of love may put asunder their bond? That no..."

Nov. 26, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...(beginning in late June) from 12 witnesses, including seven civilians. Brown, 25, scuffled with Olsen in the parking lot..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: Not So Smart

Jury rules in favor of officer, but APD policy still stings

"...local environmental work. They claimed violations of their constitutional rights – their First Amendment right to report the news,..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Column by Lee Nichols

Darkness and Confusion

Rocha grand jury file raises as many questions as it answers

"...scene reconstruction diagrams, and sworn statements from officers and civilians – reflect confusion over what happened that night has..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...for innocence," which would expunge his record, restore his civil rights, and finally declare that he was not responsible..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Austin Community College, the local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...fear-mongering last week when a deal to sell authority rights to several East Coast ports to a company owned..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...the process. Right now is one of four designated opportunities for public engagement; we're in the "scoping" phase, which..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APD Kills Again

Driver fatally wounded after alleged road rage incident

"...Arellano is represented by local civil rights attorney Jeff Edwards, who on Jan. 11 had..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

More Trouble for Hopkins

Suspended APD officer incurs new sanctions

"...Hopkins' arbitration hearing concerning his Oct. 2014 indefinite suspension (civil service parlance for "termination") from the Austin Police Department..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

News Ticker: June 18

All the news that's fit to blog

"...CM Chris Riley are standing behind a resolution to unite East and West Austin. The geographical pair have been..."

June 18, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

'Suicide by Cop' or Preventable Tragedy?

Family and friends tried to get Herbert "Denny" Babelay the help he needed before he died

"...department veteran who supervises the APD academy's Learned Skills Unit, police cadets begin firearm training not long after entering..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Recalling Eroy Brown

Groundbreaking Texas inmate murder case reflects long fight for justice

"...the book recounts the story of Brown, an Ellis Unit inmate, when he was charged with the murders of..."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Column by Michael King

A Shot Across the Bow

GOP releases it's 2010 party platform.

"...National Equality March: Grass roots organizations vs. the Human Rights Campaign...."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Frank J. Rivera

Naked City

"...the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sent to fellow civil rights leader César Chávez Headlines..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature

Arbitrary Justice at TYC

Joseph Galloway – one of first inmates released from troubled Texas Youth Commission system post new oversight – files federal suit, names as co-defendants the guards who allegedly assaulted him during his incarceration, the guards who failed to protect him, and TYC

"...sexual abuse, as well as multiple violations of Galloway's civil rights, including disability discrimination. In addition to unspecified damages,..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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