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By GEORGE MURRAY need to? As a particularly multicultural city, exposed to black culture every day. »
@georgemurray_ “There’s no justification for it. Austin’s high ranking could be a "They work to make us safe, so it’s Sz
There’s a deep culture of policing cause of police mismanagement of normal for them," Witcher said.
Police brutality has historically that needs to be reformed,” Styles minority ethnic groups. The States- While the numbers regarding
been a nationwide issue. However, said. "You have to take a step back man has also reported that APD police violence in the Texas capi- 5 ? &
according to new data, the issue is and wonder what Austin is do- has the highest per capita rate of tal may come as a surprise, things
more severe than expected close to ing wrong...we all have to take a police shootings during mental may be on the up. Relationships in
home. reformist approach. That’s where health calls. Often, the most high- Austin are improving between the
Measure Austin was founded in community policing comes in." profile of these cases feature people community and the police force, as
2015 by Jameila Meme Styles. Having challenged the city’s law of color. Measure aims to increase awareness
Between Jan. 2013 and Dec. 2018, enforcement to show her the num- Here at St. Edward’s, campus and a fusion between the city’s law .
Measure.conducted its Mapping bers, research and practices they diversity is something that A em- and its inhabitants going forward. I
Police Violence project, which were using to inform day-to-day braced by all affiliated with the Further, regarding an overarching ;
aimed to hold police chiefs and policing, Styles proposition for university, including campus safety analysis of dealing with inevitable
mayors accountable for ending community policing would involve officers. issues, Measure has grown to not ]
police violence in cities across the collectiveactiononthepartofboth Iknowalotofpeopleoncampus only address community policing, i
country. Austins citizens and police depart- and I have not once heard anyone but health, education and economic ;
Over this period, the project ment. talk badly about the police depart- disparities. . i
found that only one of the coun- "Community policing is the abil- ment,” senior Caleb Witcher said. With increased exposure to sta-
rry s 100 largest city police depart- ity for a neighborhood to build But Witcher does notice a dif- tistics, the community and police
ments did not kill anyone (Irvine, relationships and mitigate crime ference between the treatment of force is aware of the issue at hand,
CA). According to the data, Austin where the law officer is not just an people of color in this city com- holding themselves accountable
ranks twice as high as the national enforcer of the law but an active pared with his hometown in At- with serious improvement across
average in police violence, part of the process, Styles said. lanta, Georgia where he explained the city and setting a realistic end (
What exactly can this be attrib- Public health is at the issue’s core, that police are more cordial and are goal.
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Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 2019, newspaper, October 9, 2019; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1523490/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.