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by Alana Rocha, Jeremiah O. Rhodes and Todd Wiseman, The Texas Tribune
June 13, 2020
Joshua Howell knows the harm “less-lethal” crowd control measures can cause. Austin police fired bean bag rounds during the first weekend of protests in response to the death of George Floyd and struck his little brother, Justin, in the head. In a column for The Battalion, Texas A&M’s student newspaper, Joshua wrote that Justin has a fractured skull and brain damage.
In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, listen to what he says the Howell family would like to come of this moment.
Alana Rocha was the director of news partnerships for The Texas Tribune until June 2022. She was previously a multimedia reporter, after working in television and radio news for eight years. Alana covered... More by Alana Rocha
Jeremiah O. Rhodes was a 2020 multimedia fellow. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jeremiah has worked as a video intern for NPR Music — where he directed, filmed and edited... More by Jeremiah O. Rhodes
Todd Wiseman was the senior editor for video and multimedia at The Texas Tribune, where he worked from 2010 to 2023. Todd previously worked at the Austin School of Film and Synthetic Pictures and interned... More by Todd Wiseman
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