AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Council is reconvening Friday morning to continue its discussion on the Austin Police Department’s use of force. On Thursday, Police Chief Brian Manley said that his officers will no longer use bean bags in crowd control situations.
Over the weekend, protests in downtown Austin got tense. Police fired bean-bag rounds into the crowds and used smoke and tear gas. Two protesters were badly injured when police shot them in the head with the bean-bag rounds. Videos of the shootings and unconscious protesters went viral nationwide.
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