Christopher Taylor was released early this morning from the
Travis County Jail about half an hour after turning himself in.
A grand jury charged him with murder yesterday in connection with last April s deadly shooting of
Mike Ramos. Ramos was shot in parking lot while trying to drive away from officers.
Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza says it s important to hold law enforcement accountable and calls the indictment a significant step in getting justice for Ramos family.
Meanwhile, the
Austin Police Association is decrying the murder indictment. Union President
Ken Casaday says Officer Taylor is an innocent man because he was trying to protect fellow cops. Casaday believes the indictment was politically motivated saying Travis County DA Garza focused his campaign on the Ramos shooting without looking at evidence.
Save Austin Now PAC wins lawsuit over ballot language
By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
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Reinstatement of public camping ban to be placed on May 2021 ballot
The next step is for the Austin City Council to approve ballot language, which must happen by Feb. 12.
AUSTIN, Texas - Tuesday the Texas Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Save Austin Now PAC s lawsuit alleging that ballot language passed by the Austin City Council was unfair, prejudicial, and distorts the actual petition language in an attempt to intentionally bias voters against the public camping ban which will appear on the May 1st ballot.
Austin Police Department Chief Brian Manley announced his resignation from the department during a Feb. 12 press conference at APD HQ. (Photo by John Anderson)
Austin police Chief Brian Manley announced Friday that he will retire on March 28, following a year in which criminal justice activists and community members have called for him to resign. That call began over how Manley handled revelations that a former assistant chief regularly used racist language, then accelerated following the violent response to Black Lives Matter protesters his officers engaged in over the summer.
Born and raised in Austin, Manley began his career as an APD patrol officer in 1991. He steadily moved up the chain, serving as lieutenant, commander, assistant chief, and, finally, chief of staff to Art Acevedo before being named interim chief when Acevedo departed to lead the Houston Police Department in 2016. He rose to national prominence for his handling of the three-week bombing spr
Garcia: Repealing collective bargaining for police would put S.A. in alignment with other Texas cities
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Co-founder Oji Martin (from left) and Deputy Director Ananda Tomas of FixSAPD bring boxes of 20,000 collected signatures for the city clerk to certify in hopes of putting the repeal of Chapter 174 on the May ballot on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The volunteer organization wants Chapters 174 and 143 which deal with collective bargaining and discipline procedures within the San Antonio Police Department - both of which FixSAPD want to repeal. Friday s presentation of 20,000 signatures was for the repeal of Chapter 174.Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographer