Comanche Trail volunteer improved community

High school sweetheards Ervin “Butch” and Donna Ackman would have celebrated 56 years of marriage this month. Butch passed away on May 28 of Lou Gehrig’s disease. The picture shows the couple at the Comanche Trail community fi re drill March 2, 2019. Photo by April Greear

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Four Austin City Council members say they’ve lost faith in police chief after use of force on protesters, report says

Council member Greg Casar asked Manley to do the honorable thing and step down, and others expressed their disappointment in his handling of ongoing protests against police brutality.

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley speaks during a news conference near the scene where a woman was injured in a package bomb explosion, in Austin on March 12, 2018. Photo credit: REUTERS/Sergio Flores

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