Texas: Austin pigs Bryan Richter & Patrick Spradlin investigated for body slamming & beating black

Grand jury will soon hear case against officer in Breaion King arrest

Travis county felony prosecutors are fast-tracking their investigation into an Austin police officer’s violent arrest of a 26-year-old teacher in June 2015 and will present the case to a grand jury in the next several weeks for possible indictment ...

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http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/grand-jury-will-soon-hear-case-against-officer-in-/nr5cG/

 

Austin officials fumbled 4 chances to address Breaion King case

Since the release of Austin police videos made the violent 2015 arrest of a 26-year-old teacher into national news, a key question has been why top police officials acted only after they were alerted to the case by the media a year later. The American ...

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http://www.statesman.com/news/news/austin-officials-fumbled-4-chances-to-address-brea/nr58w/

 

Austin officials fumbled 4 chances to address Breaion King case

On May 23, the newly hired attorneys for teacher Breaion King sent a two-page letter to three people in Austin city government, including Police Chief Art Acevedo, about her violent arrest 11 months earlier. The city’s legal department and Officer Bryan ...

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http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/austin-officials-fumbled-4-chances-to-address-brea/nr58d/

 

Disturbing Video Shows Violent Arrest Of Black Teacher For Speeding

It’s been over a year since the incident, but Breaion King is still haunted by her encounter with police after she was pulled over for speeding. The video of her arrest has just recently been released to the public and went viral because of the ...

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http://www.mintpressnews.com/video-shows-cop-violently-arresting-black-teacher-speeding/218914/

 

White Veteran Dallas Cop Says Blacks Targeted, Arrested To Meet Quotas

Not only can’t we police ourselves, we go out of our way to protect the predator cop.” READ RELATED STORY: Violent Arrest of Black Female Austin School Teacher (Breaion King) ‘Sickened’ Police Chief Novello also blasted the department for profiting ...

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http://www.eurweb.com/2016/07/white-veteran-dallas-cop-says-blacks-targeted-arrested-meet-quotas/

 

Council member calls for review of Breaion King arrest case

Video from the arrest shows a traffic stop escalating rapidly in the seven seconds from when officer Bryan Richter, who is white, first gives a command to King, a 26-year-old African-American elementary school teacher, to close her car door to when he ...

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http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/council-member-calls-for-review-of-breaion-king-ar/nr6kh/

 

Video of black Texas woman thrown to ground sparks review

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin’s police chief says his department’s chain of command needs to be reviewed in the wake of a video showing a white officer throwing a black Texas teacher to the ... they were investigating the arrest months earlier.

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http://www.therepublic.com/2016/07/29/tx-black-woman-arrested-texas/

 

Austin chief admits case of cop manhandling black teacher got fumbled by chain of command

Austin police need to review their chain of command, the department's chief said in the wake of a video showing a white officer throwing a black Texas teacher to the ground ... Acevedo didn't learn that the arrest was under investigation by his own ...

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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20160729-austin-chief-admits-case-of-cop-manhandling-black-teacher-got-fumbled-by-chain-of-command.ece

 

Video of black Texas woman thrown to ground sparks review

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Austin's police chief says his department's chain of command needs to be reviewed in the wake of a video showing a white officer throwing a black Texas teacher to the ground ... were investigating the arrest months earlier.

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http://www.kxxv.com/story/32572974/video-of-black-texas-woman-thrown-to-ground-sparks-review

 

Austin chief admits case of cop manhandling black teacher was fumbled by chain of command

Austin police need to review their chain of command, the department's chief said in the wake of a video showing a white officer throwing a black Texas teacher to the ground ... Acevedo didn't learn that the arrest was under investigation by his own ...

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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20160729-austin-chief-admits-case-of-cop-manhandling-black-teacher-was-fumbled-by-chain-of-command.ece

 

Police in Austin, Texas, Violently Arrest Black Teacher

Thousands of incidents take place every day in this country in which people of color are unfairly shot, beaten, harassed, threatened, menaced, humiliated, or disrespected by law enforcement officers. Video released last week shows a white police officer in Austin, Texas, dragging a black female teacher from her car during a traffic stop for speeding and throwing her to the ground twice. A second white officer told the motorist that white people are afraid of black people because of their "violent tendencies." The video of Breaion King's arrest on June 15, 2015, was released after she hired a lawyer to ...

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http://www.eji.org/austin-police-violently-arrest-black-teacher

 

Teacher in TX arrest video speaks

Austin Police Chief Apologizes To Schoolteacher Roughed Up By One Of His Cops "Oh my god, said King". The officer, Bryan Richter (who is white) is seen in the video giving King a command to close her auto door only to forcibly remove her from the vehicle a ...

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http://vegassports-odds.com/2016/07/teacher-in-tx-arrest-video-speaks/

 

Video Shows Brutal Arrest Of Black Schoolteacher In Austin

The investigation comes after the emergence of police video footage showing not only the June 2015 arrest but also a scene afterward, when another white officer told the teacher that cops are wary of blacks due to their "violent tendencies" and ...

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http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2016/07/31/video-shows-brutal-arrest-of-black-schoolteacher-in-austin/

 

Teacher hopes discussion of race, violence, and policing helps students grow

In Austin, an officer’s actions are under review after a video surfaced of Breaion King’s violent arrest last summer ... other adults around them looking for answers. A Round Rock teacher is hoping the lesson she’s teaching her students will ...

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http://kxan.com/2016/08/02/teacher-hopes-discussion-of-race-violence-and-policing-helps-students-grow/

 

Protesters to rally for Breaion King at Austin City Hall

King, an elementary school teacher, was allegedly mishandled by Austin police officers in a 2015 traffic stop arrest video the KVUE Defenders obtained with the Austin American-Statesman. The officer captured tossing King to the ground twice was identified ...

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http://www.kvue.com/news/local/protesters-to-rally-for-breaion-king-at-austin-city-hall/287744855

 

Austin Police Continue Mending Fences With Black Community After Teacher's Violent Arrest [VIDEO]

Dashcam footage showing schoolteacher Breaion King being thrown to the ground in what began as routine traffic stop has enraged many. AUSTIN, TX -- Since dashcam video of the violent arrest of schoolteacher Breaion King emerged, police have focused ...

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http://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/austin-police-mending-fences-black-community-after-teachers-violent-arrest

 

APD changing review process after controversial arrest video

Austin Police are toughening the review process for officers' use of force in response to what officials say was a breakdown following the controversial arrest of an Austin elementary school teacher last year. Until recently, an officer’s supervisor chain reviewed a use of force – his corporal, sergeant, lieutenant and commander – all people the officers know and work with. However, under a new policy – a second commander not in an officer’s chain must also sign off on an incident. Officials said they are hoping the peer review will add a level of objective oversight to use of force ...

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http://www.kvue.com/news/local/apd-...ss-after-controversial-arrest-video/307280551

 

Austin police use of force oversight changed after Breaion King arrest

The change is, in part, an answer to calls for more oversight after the arrest of Austin teacher Breaion King, who was thrown to the ground by an officer during a traffic stop on June 15, 2015. As a result of short staffing, “level three” use of force ...

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http://kxan.com/2016/08/24/austin-police-use-of-force-guidelines-changed-after-breaion-king-arrest/

 

Breaion King sues officer, city of Austin over violent arrest

Austin teacher Breaion King, whose violent arrest received national attention last month and led to several ongoing internal police investigations, sued the city and an officer Tuesday, claiming her damages “are most probably in excess of a million ...

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http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/breaion-king-sues-officer-city-of-austin-over-viol/nsPJQ/

 

Lawsuit filed over woman's violent 2015 arrest

AUSTIN - A lawsuit has been filed against the City of Austin and an APD officer over an elementary school teacher’s violent arrest in June 2015. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges Officer Bryan Richter used excessive force when arresting ...

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http://www.kvue.com/news/investigations/defenders/lawsuit-filed-over-womans-violent-2015-arrest/311360198