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June 12, 2020

Austin City Council Votes to Reinvest Police Funds, Restrict Police Use of Force
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A warning to listeners and viewers: The following stories contain
graphic images and sounds of police violence. In Austin, Texas, city
councilors voted unanimously Thursday to ban the use of tear gas and to
restrict the use of rubber-coated bullets, bean bag rounds and pepper
spray. The vote came after councilmembers heard two days of harrowing
public testimony about recent police attacks on protesters that left 31
people hospitalized - two of them with serious head injuries. The Austin
City Council also voted Thursday to reinvest some police department
funds in other agencies and to limit the use of police deadly force.


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