/tags/racial-injustice Racial Injustice en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:57:42 GMT /austin/2022-04-22/rediscovered-slave-quarters-in-west-campus-help-tell-the-story-of-urban-enslavement-in-austin It was only in recent years that the Neill-Cochran House Museum discovered the two-story outbuilding on its site was originally used to house enslaved people. Now, the museum is trying to reincorporate that history into the property's narrative � and the story of Austin as a whole. Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:57:42 GMT /austin/2022-04-22/rediscovered-slave-quarters-in-west-campus-help-tell-the-story-of-urban-enslavement-in-austin Marisa Charpentier /austin/2020-11-10/city-of-austin-faces-another-lawsuit-over-police-using-less-lethal-rounds-during-protests A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday argues an Austin police officer used excessive force when the officer shot a protester with a "less lethal" round in May,� Tue, 10 Nov 2020 22:15:23 GMT /austin/2020-11-10/city-of-austin-faces-another-lawsuit-over-police-using-less-lethal-rounds-during-protests Andrew Weber /2020-09-27/some-black-americans-buying-guns-id-rather-go-to-trial-than-go-to-the-cemetery As the U.S. faces a fight for racial justice in the aftermath of police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, some Black Americans are considering how they can best protect themselves. Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:00:38 GMT /2020-09-27/some-black-americans-buying-guns-id-rather-go-to-trial-than-go-to-the-cemetery Christianna Silva