Stomped Out

As Sheffield's case awaits trial, he still wonders why CLEAT took such drastic action against him

"...of the Austin Police Association, Shef­field represented the local cops in all their business: managing matters with local media,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part Two

The Editor and Reality, movies about movies

"...would say that's true of director/writer/composer/editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Wrong). With his latest, Reality, he re-enforces those accusations. Yet,..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Confidence

"...Holt, as well as Logue and Guzmán as undercover cops on the dole) scam $150,000 out of a crooked..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin At Large: Voices In Our (Old) Heads

OK Boomers, do you now regret pushing for 10-1? Where do you think it went wrong?

"...going to go politically, now that "no cash from cops" has become a meaningful litmus test for candidates and..."

July 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"...and the sheer number of things that can go wrong with people, places, and properties, that no one but..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Video of APD Use of Force on East SIxth Goes Viral

Elisha Wright's attorney says police version of events is wrong

"...just want to be behind him and let the cops know that it's not acceptable."..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Release of Breaion King Arrest Footage Leads to APD Investigations

Police and community members meet for “an open, honest dialogue”

"...into the policing strategies of two Henry sector (Southeast) cops and the oversight of their chain of command after..."

July 22, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...Although Peña steadfastly maintains that he wasn't doing anything wrong or unusual, Asby would later testify that Peña caught..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sunday Afternoon at the Convention Center

"...on deck when you’re batting a thousand in the wrong direction...."

Dec. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Daily Cops to Spring Sins

"...Barton waters." Zipp admits that perhaps "waters" was the wrong word to use but makes the frankly ridiculous assertion..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

The very nature of the police's job should earn more consistent praise, but at the same time it demands monitoring.

"...December 12, 2003, ... cover story about 'Something Went Wrong,' and I just thought I'd let you know that..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Raped Twice?

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

"...she had begun to realize that something was very wrong. She was bruised, cut, bloody, and burned. Her fingernails..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...in the activists' view, gelded -- oversight process, the cops became the bad guys, with weeks of sloganeering like..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...institutionalized harassment and threw some cha-cha heels at some cops. It lit a fire that none have since been..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Night Call

A Belgian locksmith has one night to recover cash he unwittingly helped steal

"...and deeper pit for himself. He’s suddenly on the wrong side of gangsters and unable to go to the..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Proof of Nothing

When you were busted for public intoxication, were you drunk? Or did you just piss off a cop?

"...was so cold outside; that apparently ticked off the cops, she says, because as she rolled it up, she..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...go up. Immediately. And immediately people will call the cops, even if they did something wrong. A woman cut..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...Whether it was late-night carousing or just taking a wrong turn and heading toward Florida for a while that..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Brooklyn's Finest

Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, and Don Cheadle star in this clichéd police drama that's capped by an outlandish third act.

"...during his character’s moral descent while Gere and Cheadle’s cops largely remain dutiful ciphers. Their three storylines move steadily..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long Vindication

After 35 years and a lengthy sentence for robbery, Ronnie Barrs remains determined to prove his innocence

"...Faulty eyewitness ID is the most common factor in wrongful conviction, present in a staggering 75% of all wrongful..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...be primarily methamphetamine production and sales) and prostitution. The cops say the clubs employ a host of violent tactics..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...Someone had called APD, thinking I was dead. These cops were older, more chill than the newer breed of..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...that's fine – that's all part of it. The cops here have a more tolerant attitude. It's a 24-hour..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Unequal Farce

The 'Statesman' leaps to its own defense … and crashes on takeoff

"...about that detail of the Statesman's coverage. We were wrong, it was nobody's fault but our own, and we..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...probably read everything half a dozen times – a Cops for Christ flier, a fatal-shootings stat sheet, a workers'..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

NFL Better Watch Out for VY Upon His Return

Vince Young should be eager to play after last week's media (and onfield) debacle

"...Sometimes things go wrong, gather momentum, and then come pouring down on you..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...Dept. can be in addressing public perceptions of how cops do their jobs. Her shooting has provoked, at least..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...one night Marge was making noises over something. "What's wrong?" I asked. "I hate spellcheck," she grumbled. "It changes..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...the same as those proposed by his predecessors: more cops, stiffer sentences. But because few police officers and no..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

Homeless Sting Smarts

Some wonder if APD's Operation Out of the Box was less about clearing the streets of criminals than about cleansing them of the homeless.

"...According to a Jan. 20 APD press release, downtown cops stung more than a dozen folks in the operation,..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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