Republican lawmakers say Austin, Texas, is on a perilous path and needs to bolster its police force after street racers blocked a major intersection late Saturday to race and “drift” before throwing bottles and other objects at officers who intervened.
Viral videos showed throngs of people pushing back police who tried to reopen the intersection at South Lamar Boulevard and Barton Springs Road. One officer was injured.“I apologize to the [Austin Police Department] officers who have to put up with this crap, only to have city leaders play games with your contract,” he tweeted.
Sore feelings over the episode come on top of attempts by the former mayor to cut funding for the police department. “I’ve grown increasingly concerned about our police vacancies and staffing crisis. Imagine for a moment that the incidents last night happened with large-scale events going on,” council member Mackenzie Kelly said Sunday. “The possibility of a catastrophic cascading failure due to lack of support from our police department puts the city, its residents, and visitors at risk of danger.”
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