Civil Rights and Wrongs for July 27, 2021

This week marks the 31^st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  On Tuesday we’ll speak with Brian East, Senior Attorney for Disability Rights Texas, whose mission is to help people with disabilities understand and exercise their rights under the law, ensuring their full and equal participation in society.  Brian has handled a number of disability-discrimination and disability-rights cases in state and federal court, and has written and lectured extensively on these issues. We’re also joined by regular guest Jim Harrington, retired founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project, who speaks from his own experience with ADA lawsuits.

Later in the show we’ll hear from Austin Sanders, Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle.  Austin discusses his recently published article, the subject of which is Save Austin Now's latest petition initiative seeking a potential budget busting increase in police numbers by mandating a minimum of 2 sworn officers for every 1,000 city residents, which runs counter to recommendations made by the RPS Task Force last spring.