AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin police officer is no longer patrolling after being seen punching someone on Sixth Street in Downtown Austin over the weekend.

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is calling for the officer to be terminated.

The backstory:

Video from Friday night on Sixth Street showed an officer on top of someone, punching him. Another officer then gets on top of the person, and punches him, too. It appears some sort of drink was thrown at the officer. He gets up, pushes people back, then puts a woman’s hands behind her back. The man in the orange is seen saying something to the officer. The officer, walking with the woman, eventually lets her go and punches the person in the orange shirt. People can be heard yelling.

In a statement, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said she shares the c

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