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Artist Chris Rogers has completed his East Austin mural—"If HE can't breathe, then WE can't breathe"—memorializing victims of police brutality, including George Floyd and Mike Ramos.
<p>Five days after a Minneapolis police officer killed Floyd, Rogers posted on Instagram he needed a wall where he could paint a mural. He started working June 1 in front of Native Hostel, along I-35 and 4th Street. </p><p>The mural has the faces of George Floyd, Mike Ramos, Amaud Aubrey, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin. Also part of the mural is Colin Kaepernick and protesters. </p>
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transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div></a> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBwip9lSjh/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">One of my main goals for my mural, “If HE can’t breathe, then WE can’t breathe”, is to bring as many different people from as many different walks of life together, people that normally wouldn’t mix, to establish truly safe spaces in which we can be honest, patient, and vulnerable, so that we can collectively begin to deal with OUR reality, learn from one another, and, ultimately, forge substantial and sustaining change. 📸 @joshuasethphotography #chrisrogersart #unity #enough #georgefloyd #blm</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisrogersart/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Chris Rogers Artist</a> (@chrisrogersart) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-06-04T21:00:16+00:00">Jun 4, 2020 at 2:00pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
<p>Rogers documented his journey on Instagram, and on Sunday night, he posted a trailer to "Hashtags and Halos," a documentary about the production of the mural. <br></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><p>On Monday afternoon, Rogers announced that he had completed the project.</p>
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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style=" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style=" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style=" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div></div></div></a> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBwHomMFdba/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">100% complete Thank you each and everyone that helped make this mural come into fruition. Every donation, fund raiser, compliment, conversation, high five, hug, tear, and prayer went straight into this project. It was a true collective effort and I’m very grateful for the opportunity to help bring people together to begin carving new pathways towards both healing and solution. Ref📸: “boy with flag: @julythephotoguy 🙏🏽 #chrisrogersart #georgefloyd #blm</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisrogersart/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Chris Rogers Artist</a> (@chrisrogersart) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-06-22T21:17:53+00:00">Jun 22, 2020 at 2:17pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
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New details on Austin police overhaul, Chief Manley’s future to come out at council panel Thursday
18 June
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New details about the possible future of Austin Police Chief Brian Manley are expected to emerge Thursday, as City Manager Spencer Cronk is set to appear before an Austin City Council committee and update members on his response to calls for the chief's ouster.
<p>Exactly when Cronk will make and announce a decision—whether to fire, demote, or leave him in place—remains to be seen, said Council Member Jimmy Flannigan, who chairs the Public Safety Committee that will be briefed Thursday. </p><p>Council members are expected to ask Cronk for an update on his thoughts regarding Manley both in the open meeting and in an executive session. Manley has also been asked to brief the committee on police response to the protests.</p><p>"Honestly do not know if Spencer is ready to make a decision by Thursday, or if there's a process he's using to arrive at that decision," Flannigan told Austonia this week. "And it's incredibly frustrating for the public. But to be fair to Spencer, his job is harder than mine. He's very thoughtful and deliberative. That's the type of leader he is, and that's the type of leader you want in government because the decisions we make impact everyone, no matter who you vote for." </p><p>Manley, who will mark 30 years with the Austin Police Department in August, is also eligible for retirement. He has not indicated what his plans are in that regard.</p><p>Although the committee only has four members, most of the council—many of whom tried to get Cronk to outline his plans during last week's council meeting—is expected to attend. No action items are on the agenda.</p><p>Cronk is under immense pressure to make an announcement soon on Manley in the wake of violent clashes between police and anti-brutality demonstrators over the past few weeks.</p><p>Cronk, whose position overseeing the city's 13,000 employees makes him responsible for decisions regarding Manley's job, <a href="https://austonia.com/austin-police-department-cronk" target="_blank">was directed by the Austin City Council </a>last Thursday to testify on that and other plans for police reform during the first meeting of the newly formed Public Safety Committee.</p>
<div id="089ff" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="be1668c033a51397081f47fd61716b1d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1273387947937669121" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk has announced actions to begin addressing inequities in policing, focused on reso… https://t.co/c7TZfXoJg3</div> — City of Austin (@City of Austin)<a href="https://twitter.com/austintexasgov/statuses/1273387947937669121">1592434319.0</a></blockquote></div><p>The committee meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Thursday. <a href="https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=342081" target="_blank">See the agenda here.</a></p><p>Last week, the City Council unanimously passed a series of resolutions calling for an overhaul of police budget, practices and leadership.</p><p>On Wednesday, Cronk<a href="https://austonia.com/city/cronk-police-council" target="_self"> sent a memo to council members </a>outlining his initial plans to begin implementing some of those directives. The memo did not address his thoughts on Manley, but it outlined other initiatives, including delaying a cadet class, eliminating positions at APD and creating a new civil rights division, among other moves.</p><p>The proposed budget for 2021, Cronk said, will include the not only new directives by the council "but also the spirit of the conversations occurring in our community."</p>
<p>Flannigan said Thursday's briefing at committee could be interpreted as "a little bit of expectation management for everybody" regarding the timing and process of systemic changes.</p><p>"The things you say in a march are important to initiate action," Flannigan said. "And once you've initiated the action, it then becomes incumbent upon myself and my colleagues make it effective."</p>
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A community-organized protest may disrupt Austin traffic this morning, and police are asking commuters to make other plans.
<p>The group, which began by blocking traffic at Lamar, has now moved to<a href="https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/wakey-wakey-austin-police-protest/269-d8b2ebb7-1ffc-4686-8d39-ed0b6b5aac7f" target="_blank"> just outside City Hall</a>. Hundreds of people are signed up to testify at today's City Council meeting on major changes to police funding and policy—though <a href="https://austonia.com/austin-city-council-police-overhaul" target="_blank">the meeting is taking place virtually</a>.</p><div id="af097" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f7234461ba1a69fcff8d4fd076f8b6f4"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1271092711173640193" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">A group of protesters have blocked Cesar Chavez west of City Hall. Seek alternate routes and expect delays.… https://t.co/uFSrRYfaJR</div> — ATX Transportation (@ATX Transportation)<a href="https://twitter.com/austinmobility/statuses/1271092711173640193">1591887092.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>The event, entitled "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/193701338516889/" target="_blank">Wakey Wakey: Disruption Series/Part One</a>" on Facebook, was planned with the goal of disturbing morning traffic in the name of defunding and abolishing the Austin Police Department.</p><img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzM4Njk1Ny9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMDY3NDI2NX0.tc9CkaNv67v_pxR-E-m3FECGgS-tNyvDRy2sLc3bk_Q/img.png?width=980" id="e8004" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="557c46d0f8a60addc15a5b5f0cd00a0e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />
<p><br/></p><p>"One of our goals is to ultimately bankrupt APD by making sure their resources are being spread thinner and thinner," organizers Andie Flores and Leslie Lozano wrote.</p><p>The protest was scheduled to have what organizers called a "radical reading circle" and a "Cumbia circle" running simultaneously starting at 8:00 am Thursday morning. The reading circle is at the intersection of W. 6th and N. Lamar while the Cumbia circle is at W. Riverside and S. Lamar. </p><p>"I'm sure we'll have snags, but the point is to show support and raise awareness," Flores said yesterday. "If the toughest part of someone's day is going to be a little temporary traffic jam, I think they'll be OK."</p><p>The reading and dancing will help protestors "imagine a world without police" and "live out joy that brings attention to this call to action," according to the event page. Texts include selections by authors Toni Morrison, Resmaa Menakem and Amiri Baraka. They will also read reports from MPD150, an organization calling for "a police free Minneapolis," where protests erupted two weeks ago after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. </p><p>Police are not welcome to participate in the dancing, according to the event page.</p><p>"To be clear, the cumbia circle is an effort to be in community with other Latinx friends and folks and make sure we're talking about how we as a people have historically contributed to anti-Blackness, both in Austin and otherwise," Flores wrote. "We want to have fun and be joyful and take up space to show support, but we also want to make sure we're acknowledging how we've been part of the problem."</p><p><span></span>"As long as the police exist… Black people will always be in danger and will always be targets of the police," Flores said.</p><p><em>Editor's note: This story is developing and has been updated.</em></p>(Facebook)
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Former Texas Longhorn Emmanuel Acho has moved from the football field to the internet and is now the host of "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man." Here he is joined by fellow Austinite and Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey to talk about race, Black Lives Matter and the responsibility white people have to help address inequality in America.
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<p>Since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in May, <a href="https://austonia.com/city/austin-police-brutality-protest-sunday" data-linked-post="2646162122" target="_blank">widespread protests</a> have brought the subject of America's racial injustices to the forefront of the national conversation.</p><div id="e6304" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5a94f8ceb4cc7a0d893e16e078598986"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1267609472589090816" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Dear white people,
For days you’ve asked me what you can do to help. I’ve finally found an answer.
Let your guard… https://t.co/8OER2qi8ez</div> — Emmanuel Acho (@Emmanuel Acho)<a href="https://twitter.com/thEMANacho/statuses/1267609472589090816">1591056623.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>Acho's show has taken off since it debuted a week ago. Episode 1 has already had over 485,000 views on YouTube and Acho's Twitter has become a place for thousands more to talk about their experiences. On "<a href="https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1270714104664043522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1270715700038909955&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvue.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Faustin-texas-race-black-man-uncomfortable-conversations-emmanuel-acho-ut%2F269-67e7ced6-af56-4a70-b9b2-d8e3a443e127" target="_blank">Good Morning America</a>" this morning, Acho talked about the success of his videos, saying, "what it means is that hearts are open, minds are ready to be turned, lives are ready to be changed." </p><p>Acho <a href="https://twitter.com/thEMANacho/status/1270695123991564288" target="_blank">announced this morning</a> that he is leaving his position as a sports analyst at ESPN for <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/06/10/emmanuel-acho-leaves-espn-for-fox-sports/5332564002/" target="_blank">a role at Fox Sports'</a> "Speak for Yourself."<br></p>
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The Austin City Council is poised to order sweeping changes to police work, responsibilities and spending as early as this week, members said on Monday, a day after thousands marched peacefully to protest police brutality.
<p>A package of resolutions addressing everything from the budget for the Austin Police Department to its staffing, from its use of force during arrests and protests to the very types of calls police should address, is up for a vote at the regular Austin City Council meeting Thursday.<br/></p><p>"Our black and brown communities deserve it, our city needs it, and this moment in history demands it," said Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, a member of the council's judicial committee, which sponsored the proposals. </p><p>Some of those measures, like bans on the use of tear gas in protests and limits on no-knock warrants, can go into effect right away, said Council Member Greg Casar, another committee member. </p><p>Others, including proposed staffing reductions and budget cuts at the Austin Police Department, won't be officially addressed until budget season later this year.</p><p>"These are not problems that can be fixed overnight, but the backlog is so big we can kick this journey off with a flurry of activities," said Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison, who is also on the committee. </p><p>Several protesters <a href="https://austonia.com/city/austin-protesters-injured-police" target="_self">were seriously injured</a> during clashes with officers during the first week of demonstrations over the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May and Michael Ramos in Austin in April.</p><p>Resolutions appearing on the agenda for Thursday's regular City Council meeting propose changes including <a href="https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=341741" target="_blank">police use-of-force reforms,</a> an audit of Austin police disciplinary procedures, a rewrite of the department's general orders, <a href="https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=341743" target="_blank">capping police staff at current levels </a>and redirecting those budget dollars to community-based prevention strategies. They also address housing for former inmates and other community issues. </p><p>The resolutions appear to have broad support of the council and Mayor Steve Adler. The press conference on Monday only included the four sponsors, and Adler, as open meetings laws prohibit a quorum of council members from meeting without public notice. </p><p>Garza and Casar, another member of the judicial committee, have both suggested that Austin Police Chief Brian Manley step down as an act of good faith and the first step toward systemic change in the department. </p><p>They and two others, including Judicial Committee Chairman Jimmy Flannigan, last week expressed criticism over Manley's handling of recent police protests—as well as heading up a department that they said is generally slow to respond to council directives. Manley joined the force in 1990 and became chief in 2018.</p><p>Asked Monday if they would be taking that further, members did not repeat their call for Manley to resign and noted that City Manager Spencer Cronk alone has the authority to decide whether Manley stays. </p><p>Cronk last week issued a statement in support of Manley and city officials told Austonia on Friday there is no movement afoot to replace him. </p><p>But one of the resolutions does include a statement of no confidence in department leadership.</p><p><span></span>"We can express our opinion, as many of us have, but we are prohibited in interfering in personnel decisions," Casar said. </p><p>Said Harper-Madison: "We're basically asking our manager to heed the concerns and recommendations of the community and our constituents regarding Chief Manley's future with the Austin Police Department." </p><p>The resolutions, which include Items 50, 93, 95, 96 and 97 on the agenda, <a href="http://www.austintexas.gov/department/city-council/2020/20200611-reg.htm" target="_blank">can be found here.</a> Changes will be addressed formally in the regular meeting of the Austin City Council on Thursday.</p>
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Thousands of people gathered at Huston-Tillotson University on Sunday afternoon for a rally against police violence organized by the Austin Justice Coalition. The event ended with a march to the Texas State Capitol.
<p>Compared to <a data-linked-post="2646140946" href="https://austonia.com/weekend-protest-austin-police-killings" target="_blank">other protests</a> taking place in the past nine days, the crowd on Sunday was significantly larger and saw hardly any <a data-linked-post="2646154723" href="https://austonia.com/city/austin-police-will-no-longer-use-bean-bag-rounds-at-protests" target="_blank">police presence</a>. Austin Mayor Steve Adler also attended.</p><p>The event followed an AJC demonstration that was <a href="https://austonia.com/weekend-protest-austin-police-killings" target="_self">canceled last weekend</a> due to concerns about police violence and vandalism.<br/></p>
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Mayor Steve Adler was among the kneeling protesters.
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<p>Protestors—nearly all of whom wore masks—gathered Sunday on the historically black university campus to hear from AJC Executive Director Chas Moore, Huston-Tillotson President Colette Pierce Burnette and Brenda Ramos, whose son Mike was killed by an Austin Police Department officer in late April, among others.</p><p>Moore started the rally by asking black protestors to join him on a hill, under the shade, overlooking a field. White protestors were asked to make room for them by gathering below, under the hot sun, where he said black people have spent the last 400 years.</p><img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzM3NzA0OS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxMDUxNjc3N30.bAxdoAfS_vR2ImzzcFe8qVxZ3rO6cQrZGYsCOINtW9U/img.jpg?width=980" id="d6f8d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9f0d1878c53793f07bdda7ea13d78fc1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="huston tillotson protest" />(Austonia/Emma Freer)<p>Pierce Burnette then spoke to the crowd, saying that Huston-Tillotson's campus symbolizes "a tale of two cities." Although it is Austin's oldest institute of higher learning, it has been "treated like a stepchild," she said.</p><p>The university co-hosted the event, and Pierce Burnette urged protestors to continue making noise. "Be part of a movement, not just this moment," she said.</p><p>Ramos called on APD Chief Brian Manley to resign and said her priority is passing a new law in her son's name that would require the department to release evidence, such as body- and dash-cam footage, to victims' families and <a href="https://www.kxan.com/austin-george-floyd-mike-ramos-protests/mike-ramos-mom-calls-for-more-strict-penalties-faster-response-for-officer-involved-deaths/" target="_blank">more immediate consequences</a> for those officers involved. "No one should live through this," she said in tears.</p><p>Ramos also said her family is not associated with the Mike Ramos Brigade, a group of unidentified individuals who have hosted previous protests outside of APD's headquarters.</p><p>Moore <a href="https://austonia.com/city/austin-protests-defunding-police" data-linked-post="2646152393" target="_blank">called to defund APD</a>, in addition to other policy reforms. "We can't fix a police department that was designed to catch runaway slaves," he said, alluding to <a href="https://time.com/4779112/police-history-origins/" target="_blank">law enforcement's origins</a>. "It's operating the way it's supposed to."</p>
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzM3NzExNi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMDQzNTM4OX0.Mpbm0dmtxuJrIbl7QUZjAbOnuIVr10ZhsTUP2wJF0Lo/img.jpg?width=980" id="9a089" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0d2100b55619275ce6b9fc9e8092e439" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" alt="huston tillotson protest" />(Emma Freer/Austonia)<p>In addition to calling for policy changes, Moore also asked white protestors to do more than circulate hashtags and make signs. "Black women, I love you," he said. "White people, I love you too, but you've got to do better."</p>
<p>At the start of the march, Moore asked white protestors to make room for black protestors at the front and to surround them in a show of solidarity. </p>
<p>So many people were waiting to join the march on Chalmers Avenue, outside Huston-Tillotson's gates, that the organizers had to wait for the street to clear before they could start for the Capitol, 1.5 miles away. </p>
<p>Volunteers handed out water bottles, snacks, hand sanitizer and sunscreen. Some protestors stopped for shade or water in the 96-degree heat. Truck drivers on I-35 periodically honked their horns to show their support.</p>
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Protesters gathered Saturday in front of the Austin Police Department headquarters for the ninth straight day of demonstrations against police violence.
<p>APD officers, including Chief Brian Manley, <a href="https://www.statesman.com/news/20200606/austin-police-kneel-at-downtown-headquarters" target="_blank">planned to kneel</a> for 8 minutes and 46 seconds—the amount of time former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck—but the demonstration <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-makes-concentrated-effort-to-connect-with-community-following-week-of-protests/" target="_blank">ended sooner than expected</a>.</p><p>The department recently established <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-makes-concentrated-effort-to-connect-with-community-following-week-of-protests/" target="_blank">a community engagement team </a>after police<a href="https://austonia.com/city/austin-protesters-injured-police" target="_self"> seriously injured several protesters</a> last weekend. </p><p>The Mike Ramos Brigade, a group named for a black man killed by an APD officer last month, posted on social media to take credit for interrupting the police.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6507a7569d70e508881877225c835bb6" id="c7ee8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1269367950122913793"><div style="margin:1em 0">We interrupted APD's publicity stunt taking a knee and 8 minutes of silence today. These pigs don't deserve any sil… https://t.co/f1BX6UVVfu</div> — Mike Ramos Brigade (@Mike Ramos Brigade)<a href="https://twitter.com/mike_r_brigade/statuses/1269367950122913793">1591475877.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Demonstrations also took place in front of <a href="https://www.statesman.com/news/20200605/austin-protesters-rally-against-police-brutality-for-eighth-consecutive-day" target="_blank">the Texas State Capitol Friday night</a>.<br/></p><p>Another protest is planned for tomorrow at Huston-Tillotson University.</p>
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Austin residents who have been participating in protests and other gatherings, or have been unable to socially distance during the pandemic, will be allowed to sign up for a free COVID-19 test starting Friday at the city's drive-thru testing site, according to a notice by Austin Public Health.
<p>People will not have to show symptoms for the test to be performed—a departure from the city's previous guidelines.</p><p>The new rule comes at the end of a week of protests that have seen hundreds of people crowded in downtown Austin—some with face coverings, some without—to demonstrate against the police killings of Michael Ramos of Austin and former Houston resident George Floyd in Minneapolis.</p><p>As of Thursday, nearly 14,600 people have been assessed for testing through the testing enrollment form since it was launched in early April. Some 8,500 individuals have been scheduled for and/or completed a test.</p><p><a href="https://austonia.com/r/entryeditor/austintexas.gov/COVID19" target="_self">Sign up with the Public Enrollment Testing Form here.</a></p>
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