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The demand for regulated accountability against police brutality continues after a video went viral, featuring Whitney Mitchell, who is a quadriplegic amputee, appearing to dump herself out of her wheelchair which was pushed by a police officer.
Mitchell, who is the widow of the late Garrett Foster, who was killed last year at a protest, assisted in a press conference to support those who have lost loved ones in protests or as victims of police brutality.
Police responded to the protest in downtown Austin found many protesters blocking traffic. When an officer attempted to wheel Mitchell back to the sidewalk, the video shows her squirming her way out of the chair, falling onto the street as others run to her aid and excoriate the officer.