AUSTIN — On Thursday night, President Obama addressed the deep and abiding national problem of race in America in a live town hall from Washington. Meanwhile, in a small lecture hall at the University of Texas, a summit meeting between ex-Longhorns athletes and Austin police officers attempted to tackle that same divisive issue from a local perspective.
“We have a crisis in American policing, and it’s a crisis in leadership,” said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo in a panel closed to the public, though broadcast on the Longhorn Network. “I don’t think we’re going to fix it overnight but, we must pursue it at all costs.