Great article. I've pulled out the quotes from the chief but I would encourage you to click the title and read the whole article.
Techdirt. / 2016-10-27 19:37
"I have given nine years of my life to the Austin Police Department," Acevedo told his commanders. "Nine years aren't going to go down the drain because we have people in this room that don't want to do the hard lifting, that don't want to be the bad guys. Sorry, we have to be the bad guys sometimes.
And the problem ain't the cops. It's the leadership."
Directly addressing the shooting, Acevedo had this to say:
"If you can't handle a kid in broad daylight, naked, and your first instinct is to come out with your gun, and your next instinct is to shoot the kid dead, you don't need to be a cop. I don't give a shit how nice you are," Chief Acevedo told the group.
"The union got all pissed off because I fired Freeman. Some of you might have gotten pissed off. I'm going to tell you right now. If we have another Freeman tomorrow, that is what's going to happen."
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