Civil Rights and Wrongs for March 23, 2021

This Tuesday Michelle Manning-Scott interviews Adeola Ogunkeyede, Travis County’s first ever Chief Public Defender.  The Public Defender’s Office was established in 2020 to provide high-quality holistic defense representation and other support to people accused of criminal offenses in Travis County.  And Austin Sanders, Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle, considers the Interim Police Chief who will take over from Brian Manley as the search for the latter’s permanent successor commences.