The Soros-backed Travis County, Texas, District Attorney is now walking back his post-George Floyd-era policy, which opened the officers involved in the fatal shooting of a terrorist on Sunday to a secret grand jury investigation.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, an Islamic Senegalese man, who obtained citizenship during Obama’s presidency, was shot dead by police after he opened fire on a bar in Austin, Texas, killing two and wounding 14.

Police reportedly also found a Quran in his car, and he was wearing a hoodie that said “Property of Allah” and a shirt that had Iranian representations on it.

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The officers who stopped the attack were expected to face an investigation into potential misconduct due to the policy implemented by the Soros-backed DA.

Per the Texas Tribune, "Every shooting involving a police officer in Travis County for the past several years has gone before a grand jury — a policy that District Attorney José Garza has said ensures transparency."

However, in a statement, Travis County District Attorney José Garza decried "false statements" by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, writing, "it should go without saying that my office is not seeking any charges and would not seek charges." He further claimed that Republicans in Texas are using the lives lost in the shooting "to score political points.”

Texas State Representative Mitch Little had said in an X post on Monday, "I’m looking forward to hearing more about the [Austin Police] officers who heroically stopped the terrorist. We should be honoring them as a state, and they shouldn’t be going out wondering if they’re going to be indicted for doing their jobs. We need a cultural reset."

And Texas attorney Doug O'Connell then revealed that the Austin Police Association had already asked his firm, O’Connell West, to represent the officers. O'Connell said in a comment, "Unfortunately they will face a Grand Jury hearing - as is the process directed to the Travis County DA by the Wren Collective. We will be with them every step of the way. Rep Little I’d be happy to visit with you about Grand Jury reform!"

The Austin Police Association @ATXPOA has asked my team to represent the 3 heroes that took down the terrorist killer who attacked our community. Unfortunately they will face a Grand Jury hearing - as is the process directed to the Travis County DA by the Wren Collective. We will…

— Doug OConnell (@DouglasOConnell) March 3, 2026

“The district attorney, at the direction of the Wren Collective, insists on presenting every officer involved shooting to a grand jury,’’ O’Connell told The New York Post. “We believe that our clients will face this same process.”

"Garza instituted the requirement when he took office in 2021 — just a few months after Floyd’s killing at the hands of a Minnesota cop roiled the nation and sparked drastic changes in scores of police departments across the US," the New York Post reports.

On Tuesday, Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock said on X, "the DA seems to still intend to put this before a grand jury where anything can happen as the DA controls that process and doesn’t allow APD involvement," while noting that the case had not yet been referred to the DA. "This is an extraordinary case and I believe sufficient information is already out there to show grand jury isn’t necessary. There’s no need to subject these officers to that especially since it’s taking the DA over a year in almost every case to present these to the grand jury," he added.

Governor Abbott also responded,

These police officers are heroes who saved lives.

Whatever the DA does, I will have the final say in the fate of these police officers.

These police officers are heroes who saved lives.

Whatever the DA does, I will have the final say in the fate of these police officers. https://t.co/tixPCVWwOY

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) March 3, 2026

The mounting public pressure and obvious negative publicity surrounding the policy led Garza to respond and deny that he would ever consider such a thing.

Garza's office responded in a statement,

Travis County District Attorney José Garza’s Response to the False Statements from the Texas Governor

Travis County, TX — Today, Travis County District Attorney José Garza released the following statement in response to the Texas Governor’s online comments.

“These officers are heroes, and it should go without saying that my office is not seeking any charges and would not seek charges. The accounts to the contrary are false, intentionally false, and are being peddled for obvious political purposes.

We are proud to work with our partners at the Austin Police Department every day and are so grateful for the bravery that these officers showed.

We also grieve with our community members who lost loved ones during this horrendous act of violence and are disgusted by the leaders in Texas using their deaths to score political points.”

Travis County District Attorney José Garza

 

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