Shot.

Austin City Council cuts police department budget by one-third, mainly through reorganizing some duties out from law enforcement oversight, Texas Tribune, August 13, 2020

The Austin City Council unanimously voted to cut its police department budget by $150 million on Thursday, after officers and the city’s top cop faced months of criticism over the killing of an unarmed Black and Hispanic man, the use of force against anti-police brutality protesters and the investigation of a demonstrator’s fatal shooting by another citizen.

Those criticisms coincided with protests across Texas and the country calling for reforms on police tactics and the “defunding” of law enforcement in favor of redistributing funds to social services and alternative public safety programs. The council’s move makes Austin the first of Texas’ four biggest cities to drastically cut police department funding. The share of the police department budget that was cut is among the largest percentage decreases in the nation this year.

Council member Greg Casar, who crafted the three-tiered plan to reduce the police department budget, said when the Austin community organizes and asks for change, he wants to make sure the council can respond effectively.

Barely three years later … a chaser.

Austin Police ask robbery victims to call 311 amid staffing shortage, crime crisis, Fox News, September 4, 2023

Austin Police in Texas asked residents to call 311 if they get robbed near an ATM over the weekend as the department struggles amid an increase in urban crime and staffing shortages.

The Austin Police Department posted a graphic in a post on X, formerly Twitter, to urge residents to call 311 or make an online report if they’re robbed; 311 is a number usually reserved for non-emergency requests, as opposed to 911.

“Even if you are cautious & follow all the safety advice, you may still become the unfortunate victim of a robbery,” the Austin Police Department wrote on X. “Do you know what your next steps should be?

“Make a police report & provide as much information as possible so we can recover your property quickly and safely,” the post added. The graphic included advice to mention the bank in the 311 report and include the date and time of the cash withdrawal.

Austin Police sent Fox News Digital a statement clarifying the post and affirmed that anyone who is assaulted or threatened during a robbery should call 911.

“The post was intended for victims of a jugging in general and not specific to robberies. Jugging is a form of theft that includes both robbery and burglary,” Austin Police explained in a statement. “It occurs when a suspect follows a victim from a bank to their next location before committing the crime.

“If your money was stolen from your car and the crime is no longer in progress, you can call 311 or make an online report.”

The post comes as the Texas capital grapples with a rise in crime. Compared to 2020, Austin has had a 77% increase in auto thefts, an 18% increase in aggravated assaults and a 30% increase in murders.

Do people deserve violence? Do people deserve crime? No.

But they must endure the consequences of their decisions until those actions precipitate a different response.

For now, we laugh at life in 2023 Austin, a world white liberals birthed. Soon: this abomination is ended.

We don’t have to live this way. We only live this way as long as we pretend it’s normal and refuse to accept “racist” protocols for ending it.