Claim: Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. "Why are we going the other way?  'Oh, let's reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas."
Fact-check: Murders are up in Austin, but little proof that's tied to police defunding
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Brandon Mulder
Date published: 2021-06-11T00:00:00