A mother’s worst nightmare, a family’s continued grief. For the Moonesinghe’s, only justice and accountability will help them heal.
AUSTIN, Texas —
“The police kept him in handcuffs, stood around and watched the body they just punctured with bullets bleed out a pool under his front porch,” Rajan’s mother, Ruth Moonesinghe, said. Austin’s May ballot initiative on increased police oversight, Proposition A, which the family campaigned on, could be an important step. In the meantime, the department told Spectrum News 1 Texas in a statement that it's still investigating the incident and has no further information.
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