Texas DA drops charges against 17 cops in 2020 police riots, calls for feds, says investigation “revealed problems within the department that cannot be corrected by criminal prosecutions alone” - eviltoast
Indictments dropped against 17 Austin police officers accused of assault during 2020 George Floyd protests | CNN
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A Texas prosecutor has dropped indictments against 17 Austin police officers who were charged with assault after being accused of injuring demonstrators during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
  • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    11 months ago

    “Cannot be done by prosecution alone”, likely won’t be done without prosecution, stay quo status.

  • Drusas@kbin.social
    9·
    11 months ago

    Several Austin officers were facing charges of aggravated assault by a public servant for “intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly” causing serious bodily harm to people during the protest…

    It’s shameful that it’s so outside of the norm for them to be prosecuted for this, but I’m glad to see it happen. Police rioting is not the same as there being riots. There were multiple instances, proven instances, where the police were the ones to instigate so-called riots during the George Floyd protests. They should all be in prison.