This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. In the early hours of July 24, someone placed a call to Austin’s 911 dispatch. The male caller told the operator he was looking out of his window and saw […]
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‘Suicide by Cop’: How a poorly defined term shifts accountability for lost lives
Austin officers killed an unarmed 17-year-old at a park last month in what the chief swiftly deemed ‘suicide by police.’ Some call the concept a type of ‘junk science.’
