Austin Police Association will do whatever it can to kill the voter-approved police oversight provisions.
Equity Action organizer Kathy Mitchell and others celebrate during the Prop A and B election day results watch party hosted by Equity Action at Lustre Pearl on May 6launched a deceptive campaign to undermine efforts at strengthening civilian oversight of the– but Saturday, May 6, Austin voters served up the first of several losses the union has endured in the past week over that effort.
In Travis County, where the bulk of Austin voters live, the police union was walloped – they lost both the Prop A and Prop B elections by roughly a 4-1 margin. Travis County turnout was 10%, about the share of voters that came out for the highly contentious May 2021 election that resulted in overturning the City Council-initiated ordinance changes that decriminalized homelessness.
Though APA's Twitter embarrassment is much less significant than their loss at the ballot box, both signal the community's clear desire for stronger police oversight in Austin. As Council Membersaid in his own tweet statement,"[APA's] statement regarding last night's election results is unacceptable; it is inherently undemocratic and contemptuous of the 79% of Austin voters who supported strong police accountability/oversight.
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