Austin Police Chief Brian Manley will retire at the end of March. Credit: REUTERS/Sergio FloresAustin Police Chief Brian Manley is retiring, the city manager told city leadership in a memo Friday. He will be leaving his post at the end of March after 30 years with the department and a growing call for his firing from City Council and community members. While Floyd’s death prompted nationwide protests last summer, Austin demonstrators also held signs for Ramos. During the first weekend of protests, Austin officers injured dozens of demonstrators, including seriously wounding several people protesting nonviolently.

During a contentious campaign season, Texas police are gearing up for possible unrest on election night. Credit: Joel Angel Juarez for The Texas TribuneAfter thousands took to the streets this summer to protest police brutality and racial injustice, galvanized by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, some Texas law enforcement agencies faced stiff criticism for their responses. Now, with a contentious election just a month away and with a nation bitterly divided, police are again preparing for protests across the state. Howard Henderson, director of the Center for Justice Research at Texas Southern University, said police are right to prepare for potential unrest. During an interview with Fox News last month, Trump threatened to quash riots on election night should he win reelection and people take to the streets.

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Austin police on Monday released videos of Mike Ramos' killing. The five videos released Monday, which include a version in Spanish, depict officers' encounter with Ramos. The Austin Police Department confirmed in May that no gun was found in Ramoss possession, according to the Statesman. They referred to another video released Thursday that shows the incident from the dashboard camera of Valerie Tavarez, another officer at the scene. But the Austin Justice Coalition said the video released by the police department Monday validates Ramos and shows he was never an aggressive man.

AUSTIN, Texas Police in Austin, Texas, released video Monday of an officer fatally shooting an unarmed man in April as he drove away. Officers Mitchell Pieper and Christopher Taylor were involved in the shooting, according to the video. Officer Pieper fired one less-lethal round at Mr. Ramos, striking him in the upper thigh, hip area," Austin police said in the video. "Officer Taylor fired three rounds from his rifle as Mar. Austin Mayor Steve Adler called the shooting disturbing after viewing previously released video captured by a bystander.

Texans protested in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Fort Worth throughout the weekend, spurred by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday. Photographer Pu Ying Huang was there to document. (Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune)Protesters gathered at the Houston rally. (Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune)John Morrison, a community activist, spoke at a Black Lives Matter rally for George Floyd at Houston City Hall. (Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune)Protesters marched at a rally for George Floyd in Houston.

Police officers on horseback are among a crowd gathered to protest protest the deaths of George Floyd and Mike Ramos, in Austin on May 30, 2020. Some protesters damaged properties, took from businesses and vandalized cars, according to the Dallas Morning News, while many other protesters demonstrated peacefully. On Saturday, Mayor Eric Johnson and Police Chief U. Renee Hall said the violence would not be tolerated. But we also unfortunately saw some reckless behavior from a small group of people whose agendas had nothing to do with human rights or civil rights, Johnson said, according to the Dallas Morning News. They chose to destroy things at a time when we should be building each other up, and we just cant allow that.