Music
March 10, 2021
A Houston Punk Band’s Protest Anthem Still Resonates, Forty Years After Its Release
The city’s police union sued AK-47 in 1981 for naming victims of brutality in the song ‘The Badge Means You Suck.’
Police Violence
Politics & Policy
June 6, 2020
Levi Ayala Went to an Austin Protest to Watch History and Instead Became a Tragic Part of It
At 16, Ayala was just beginning to learn about social movements when police shot him in the head with a ”less-lethal” weapon.
The Daily Post
May 10, 2017
How The Jordan Edwards Case is Different
It’s a familiar story with an unfamiliar twist.
The Daily Post
January 4, 2017
The McKinney Pool Party Incident Sparks Another Lawsuit
The young woman who was slammed to the ground by officer Eric Casebolt has filed a lawsuit against the officer, the police department, and the city.
Politics & Policy
July 27, 2016
What Does A Culture That Values “Blue Lives” Look Like?
Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick have a lot to say about protecting police lives—but the biggest threats to officers aren’t toting guns.
The Daily Post
February 10, 2016
Austin Police Shot An Unarmed Black Teenager While He Was Naked
The details continue to come out, the story looks bad on the surface.
The Daily Post
November 11, 2015
Who Can Get Away With Jaywalking?
After an incident last week saw several young black people on Sixth Street punched by police, the question of who’s allowed to misbehave in Austin’s bar district is especially relevant.
The Daily Post
November 2, 2015
Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg Is Appealing The Ruling On Charles Kleinert’s Federal Immunity
One of the more tragic cases in Texas in recent memory continues its journey through the legal system.
The Daily Post
October 15, 2015
Round Rock High School Video Sparks A Familiar Debate
Video footage of a teenage boy placed in a chokehold by school resource officers adds a new layer to an ongoing debate.
The Daily Post
August 12, 2015
The Arlington Police Department Takes A Different Approach After Christian Taylor’s Death
Transparency and action after an officer-involved shooting could indicate a fundamental shift.
The Daily Post
July 16, 2015
Family And Friends Question The Story Of How Sandra Bland Died In Police Custody
Officials in Waller County say that the woman’s death was a suicide. Her friends and family don’t believe it. And there are 64 other deaths in Texas this year make it harder to trust the official story.
The Daily Post
June 9, 2015
What Is There to Say About This Austin Police Video?
A mounted police officer grabs the camera of a man filming a tense incident on Sixth Street, and a fellow officer steps in to shoot a stream of pepper spray into the man’s face. But how many videos of police behaving badly can we handle?
Politics & Policy
June 9, 2015
Police Violence—The More Things Stay the Same
The pool party incident in McKinney reminds us that not much has changed in police training over the past four decades.
The Daily Post
June 7, 2015
What Happened in McKinney
The viral story of a pool party in McKinney became the latest flashpoint in the ongoing conversation about police and race in America.
The Daily Post
May 20, 2015
There Is Video of Sgt. James Brown’s Final Moments in an El Paso Jail
“I can’t breathe.” Yet again.
The Daily Post
May 18, 2015
On #WacoThugs, Biker Gangs, and White-on-White Crime
After a Sunday afternoon in a Waco strip mall ended with nine people shot to death in broad daylight, people are questioning how differently the police and media react to this sort of violence when the perpetrators are white.
Business
April 29, 2015
Whole Foods Takes a Side in Baltimore
It’s rare for a major corporation to get involved in a contentious, racially charged political protest, but the Austin-based supermarket chain decided to take a side in Baltimore.
The Daily Post
December 16, 2014
Stories of Police Violence in Texas Are All Over the Internet Right Now
Post-Ferguson, post–Eric Garner, post–Tamir Rice, relations between police and the people they’re tasked to protect and serve are especially strained—even as far from where those events happened as Texas.
The Daily Post
December 4, 2014
How Much of a Difference Would Police Body Cameras Really Make?
It's better to have video evidence than not, but those who present police body cameras as a solution to our national predicament involving police relations need to look at cases from Jasper, Texas, to New York City to see that the problem is more complicated than that.