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Hanna Senko (Photo by Jana Birchum) A new social media campaign is sharing the realities sexual assault survivors face within the criminal justice system and calling for meaningful reform in Austin and Travis County. Launched in April – Sexual Assault Awareness Month – Amy s Army was created by survivors and advocates both to raise awareness and sustain support for the legal actions taken by rape survivors against the city, county, police department, and district attorney s office. A federal class action brought by survivors in 2018 was dismissed in 2020, but that decision is being reviewed by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June. A separate suit in state court is pending, awaiting the 5CA ruling. Both allege that systemic mishandling of sexual assault cases deprives women of their constitutional rights. ....
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 bo ....
Travis County District Attorney-elect José Garza on Thursday announced he is appointing former DA candidate Erin Martinson to lead the special victims unit at the DA’s office next year. Martinson lost to Garza in the Democratic primary after she campaigned on a platform of making sexual assault cases a priority work she will partly focus on in this future role. The unit is dedicated to addressing domestic violence, child abuse and sexual violence cases. “The criminal justice system in Travis County has repeatedly failed survivors. That ends today, Martinson said. “Those who have survived violent crimes deserve to have a justice system they can trust. Under José Garza’s leadership, we are going to build a justice system where victims are believed and treated with dignity and respect starting from Day One.” ....