THREAD: 1/The #AustinBombings story is a fluid situation with a lot of updates and changes. There's been some confusion around what is happening — so here's everything we know right now. #txlege#texastrib.it/8q
2/ What has happened so far? Five bombs have exploded — leaving two dead and several others injured. Here are photos from a vigil for a 17-year-old victim. #txlege#AustinBombingstrib.it/8q
3/ What kind of bombs are being used? Some were packages left at doorsteps. Sunday’s explosion appears to have been triggered by a tripwire mechanism. We don't know the materials yet. #AustinBombingstrib.it/8q
4/ What's the motive? Police don't know yet. They are hoping the bomber will contact them. #AustinBombingstrib.it/8q
5/ Is race a factor? The first three victims were people of color, which set off fears that the bombings might be racially motivated. However, the victims of the Sunday attack were white, leaving authorities at loss over the motive. #AustinBombingstrib.it/8q
6/ A lot of people have asked: Why hasn’t this been deemed a hate crime or domestic terrorism? It’s impossible to identify those things if you don't know the bomber's motive. #AustinBombingstrib.it/8q
7/7 And we've seen a lot of people say on social media that this isn't getting any coverage — but that isn't true. Many national and local journalists are covering the #AustinBombings. trib.it/8q
2/ The use of police body cameras surged after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Advocates hoped their use would increase transparency & hold officers accountable.
But studies have uncovered mixed results. trib.it/lK
3/ It’s not unusual for police officers to walk around with cameras on their chests anymore. Five of the six Texas cities with a population over 500,000 have already deployed the cameras. trib.it/lK
1/ This is Heyli. She is a six-year-old migrant. In a video call with her mother on Friday, she was sobbing uncontrollably — rubbing her eyes and rocking back and forth.
She’s waiting to be reunited with her father. bit.ly/2LjJQSH
2/ Heyli is in an Arizona shelter, waiting to be reunited with her father, Carlos, who is in a detention center in South Texas. bit.ly/2LjJQSH
3/ Her dad is at the Port Isabel detention center, where some migrant parents are being held in limbo as they wait to be reunited with their children. They’re not free to leave the facility, but they lack access to phones or commissary accounts. bit.ly/2LjJQSH