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Activists Push for Charges to Be Dropped Against Demonstrators for Black Lives
A woman holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the funeral service of Daunte Wright outside the Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 22, 2021.
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In early June 2020, a young Black mother who had just finished grocery shopping with her husband and 2-year-old child in Austin, Texas, was abducted by agents in an unmarked vehicle as part of a joint mission launched by the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety in cooperation with former Austin District Attorney Margaret Moore.
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Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza, seen here in 2017, announced Wednesday that his prosecutors will now ask judges to require high-risk offenders to surrender any weapons as a condition of their bond.
Prosecutors with the Travis County District Attorney’s office on Wednesday will begin asking judges to require that some offenders release and surrender firearms as a condition of their bond.
District Attorney José Garza said prosecutors will make the request for people at high-risk of reoffending to ensure they “don t have access to a firearm while their case is pending, or while they are on community supervision.”
Woman caught on camera hitting dog no longer employed at vet clinic
Woman caught on camera hitting dog no longer employed at vet clinic
A South Austin woman caught on camera hitting her dog by her neighbor is no longer employed at a Central Austin veterinary clinic.
AUSTIN, Texas - A South Austin woman caught on camera slapping and punching her dog is no longer employed at a Central Austin veterinary clinic.
In late April Annalyssa Aranda began recording her neighbor hitting her sick and elderly dog, Lola. She turned three separate clips over to the Austin Police Department. Once we finally got video footage we were like okay [the police are] gonna come. They re gonna rescue this dog and everything s gonna be fine, said Aranda.
Top Texas political aide arrested in alleged hemp licensure scheme
Top Texas political aide arrested in alleged hemp licensure scheme
Todd M. Smith was arrested Thursday and released from Travis County Jail on Friday, according to the Travis County Sheriff s Office.
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
May 7, 2021
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The top political consultant to Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was arrested Thursday on allegations that he participated in a scheme to solicit money and campaign contributions for state hemp licenses issued by Miller’s Texas Department of Agriculture.
The consultant, Todd Smith, ultimately took $55,000 as part of the scheme, an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Texas Tribune says. Smith and others involved in the scheme are alleged in the warrant to have solicited a total of $150,000 to guarantee a license, including a $25,000 upfront cost for a survey that they said was required to get a license in Texas. Some of the money would also