In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...of APD following protests over the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Michael Ramos in Austin. “We..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

D.A. José Garza Dismisses Charges Against 17 Officers Indicted for 2020 Protest Response

D.A., City ask feds to investigate Austin Police Department

"...during 2020 protests that followed the police killings of George Floyd and Michael Ramos...."

Dec. 4, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Prosecutors in Christopher Taylor Trial Question Impartiality of APD Investigation

The prosecution rests

"...Chauvin, who was convicted of second-degree murder for killing George Floyd in 2020. Prosecutors sought to elicit testimony from..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Trial of APD Officer Will Be One of the Most Consequential in Austin History

Here’s what it could mean for our city and for how law enforcement is held accountable

"...A month later, when Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd and protests against police violence swept the nation,..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Chief Joseph Chacon’s Legacy

Assessing the final years of a career that saw a rise from beat cop to chief of police

"...protesters demonstrating against police violence following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Michael Ramos in Austin...."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Paul Grinke and Ben Crump, who represents families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor...."

Aug. 11, 2023 News Feature

Why Do Christopher Taylor's Attorneys Want His Trial in Trump Country?

Take a look at the counties they chose from

"...in Austin, where Ramos' name appeared on posters beside George Floyd's in 2020 protests for police reform...."

Aug. 4, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

“Disturbing” Body-Cam Footage Confirms ER Patient Killed by Deputy Was in Leg Irons, Lawsuit Claims

Attorney calls video “among the most disturbing I have seen”

"...nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump (who represented George Floyd’s family) in demanding the video's release...."

July 28, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

With License Plate Readers, APD Is Always Watching

A program to keep them will continue for at least one year

"...of 2020, after protests over the police killings of George Floyd and Mike Ramos, with justice advocates arguing that..."

June 16, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mistrial Announced for the Police Officer Who Killed Mike Ramos

The court can’t seem to find enough jurors

"...a month before Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, galvanizing a weekend of intense protest in Austin..."

May 26, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

One of Austin’s Most Important Police Trials Is Off to a Strange Start

Curiouser and curiouser

"...Police in Minneapolis killed George Floyd one month later, and while much of the..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Locked Courtroom Sends Mike Ramos Murder Trial Back To Square One

First of two murder trials for APD’s Christopher Taylor begins

"...galvanizing moment – along with the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis one month later – that propelled..."

May 22, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Soundwaves' New Exhibit Envisions 20 Austin Songs as Art Prints

Signed Spoon and Sue Foley pieces fundraise for the SIMS Foundation

"...to be four or five bands, and we did George Michael, got all of Pink Floyd to sign, Coldplay,..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

12 Jurors Found Him Guilty of Murder. Gov. Abbott Thinks He Knows Better.

An Army sergeant thought he could get away with murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, and he might be right

"...Perry's prosecution, Travis County District Attorney José Garza, a "[George] Soros prosecutor," a shorthand that became ubiquitous. Attorney General..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Jailer Who Shot and Killed ER Patient Indicted for Deadly Conduct

Victim’s family’s attorney represented George Floyd’s family

"...brother, Chris Clark. (Crump has represented the families of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, and Breonna Taylor.) “It is crucial..."

April 10, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: Join or Die

Can Rotary Clubs and bowling save America?

"...Hurricane Katrina, 2008 financial crisis, Charlottesville white nationalist march, George Floyd mural, January 6 US Capitol attack...."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Review: Austin Playhouse's Nightbird

Timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future

"...the Black Lives Matter movement and the murder of George Floyd, statues of Civil War white supremacists are being..."

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Pro-Cop Breadcrumbs Our City Manager Has Been Dropping All Along

Just a few times Spencer Cronk showed us he puts police first

"...violence spread across the nation following the murder of George Floyd (in Minneapolis, the last city Cronk worked for),..."

Feb. 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Mom Seeks Justice for Son Killed by APD

The police kill, advocates rally, white people urged to act

"...police brutality elsewhere as well as in Austin – George Floyd, killed by police in Minneapolis in 2020, and..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Overcoming Fear With Deon Taylor

How covid and the George Floyd protests shaped his new film

"...and the primal howling outrage at the death of George Floyd, and fear was in the air. As a..."

Feb. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

George Floyd Attorney Joins Family of Hays County ER Patient Killed by Officer

“They say he was running away – he’s 300 pounds, shackled, with his pants falling down. He ain’t running nowhere.”

"...civil rights attorney who has represented the families of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, and others, joined the..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Jana Birchum's Top 10 Photos of 2022

"...COVID it was nothing but news news news. Pandemic, George Floyd, insurrectionists. News all day. But this year I..."

Dec. 15, 2022 Photo Gallery

The Social and Personal Turbulence of Armageddon Time

James Gray explores his own flawed youth in this autobiographical coming-of-age film

"...craziness, Trump's contesting of the election and democracy, before George Floyd and those protests," he said, "[so it] took..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Feature by Trace Sauveur

Traveling Light

Exploratory film revisits the not-so-long-forgotten events that defined the early pandemic

"...their mask-free, drug-infused gathering. All the while, news of George Floyd’s murder is a constant buzz from every radio..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Annie Flores

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

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

"...that BIPOC Americans have; the solidarity that emerged when George Floyd's killing was caught on a cellphone camera has..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Protects and Serves Itself With Eighth Street Report

Lessons learned?

"...control munitions as he peacefully protested the killings of George Floyd and Mike Ramos outside APD headquarters on Eighth..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Latest News From Austin Election Campaigns

District 5 and 8 candidate forums, Beto gets around, and so do local endorsements

"...as neither Republican nor Democrat, agreed but said the post-George Floyd political climate has driven good police officers from..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by The 'Chronicle' News staff

Grassroots Bakers Effect Change, One Cupcake at a Time

From suffrage to City Council races, flour power abounds

"...and Communities of Color United in the wake of George Floyd's murder and the subsequent racial reckoning. In 2018,..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Decruiting APD Artists/Activists Imagine a World Without Police, One Cop at a Time

Site discourages recruits, encourages cops to quit the force

"...the anti-police backlash in 2020 after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Mike Ramos here in Austin..."

June 30, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

AAAFF 2022 Review: Liquor Store Dreams

The friction between generations of L.A.'s Korean community

"...Black Lives Matter protests, which followed the murder of George Floyd. One of the most challenging scenes in Liquor..."

June 28, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

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