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Officials said Monday's arrests at Austin City Hall weren't for violating the city's reinstated camping ban, and that police hope outreach will lead to fewer arrests going forward.

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.

New research looking at data from millions of stops made by police in Texas in 2020 found that officers search Latino people more than any other racial or ethnic group. But, those searches turn up far less contraband than searches of white people.

Starting Sept. 1, if a city funds its police department at a level lower than it has for the past two fiscal years the state can prohibit the city from collecting new property taxes.

Some blame the U.S.'s high rate of police shootings on racism or militarism. But another theory says there's a simpler problem: American police aren't taught how to grapple with armed suspects.

In recent months, five of the largest cities in Texas have seen their top cop leave. The reasons for their exits are varied. But one thing is known: The average tenure for some big-city chiefs in Texas is in decline.

Dallas Police Chief Eddie García presented his plan to reduce violent crime to the city council on Wednesday.

"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see [systemic racism]," the president said after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin.

Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

The resignations of Kim Potter, who fired her gun at Wright, and Chief Tim Gannon come after the city council passed a resolution calling for them to be relieved of duty.

When jurors report for duty each morning in Derek Chauvin's trial, they do so as a group, escorted into the courthouse building by sheriff's deputies.

Seven officers involved in the death of 26-year-old Marvin Scott III have been terminated. An eighth officer has resigned.