Austin Police Face NAACP Complaint

A civil rights group accuses Austin police of using excessive force against minorities and abusing their search powers. A complaint filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against the Austin Police Department and the city of Austin with the U.S. Justice Department seeks to block about $3.2 million that the department receives from the federal government until it changes the way it uses force against suspects and trains officers to work with the minority community. [more]