Austin mayor abruptly suspends police partnership with Texas DPS he touted, opponents rip ‘cowardly decision'
The City of Austin announced Wednesday it is suspending its partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety in a move opponents are decrying...
The City of Austin announced Wednesday it is suspending its partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety in a move opponents are decrying as bending toward the will of anti-police activists. This comes on the heels of self-confessed police abolitionist activist Chas Moore, head of the Austin Justice Coalition, blasting the partnership and even questioning its origins in a rambling statement during a meeting of the Austin Publice Safety Commission earlier in the week. Moore's group, which has accepted large donations from groups connected to George Soros, has spearheaded anti-police activism in Austin for the past several years.