{"id":1851,"date":"2025-10-14T03:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/1851\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:54:06","slug":"teen-speaks-out-after-arrest-in-sixth-street-incident-denies-attacking-austin-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/1851\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen speaks out after arrest in Sixth Street incident; denies attacking Austin officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 A 19-year-old man seen in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/multiple-investigations-into-officer-involved-altercations-on-6thstreet-underway\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/multiple-investigations-into-officer-involved-altercations-on-6thstreet-underway\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">viral video<\/a> appearing to be repeatedly struck by an Austin police officer on Sixth Street is now speaking out as the department launches an internal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Austin police say the incident happened Friday night when officers responded to a fight outside the Voodoo Room at 419 E. Sixth Street. According to an arrest affidavit, Officer Leger was patrolling the area when he stepped in to break up an altercation and was \u201cunexpectedly attacked from behind\u201d by 19-year-old Johnny Acu\u00f1a Jacobo.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit says the officer \u201cdelivered controlled, closed-fist strikes to Johnny\u2019s facial area\u201d to regain control. He was arrested and charged with assault on a police officer, a second-degree felony.<\/p>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a-Jacobo, who was released from the Travis County Jail on a $10,000 bond and fitted with an ankle monitor, denies attacking the officer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/apd-officer-removed-from-patrol-after-striking-a-person-during-sixth-street-crowd-control#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/apd-officer-removed-from-patrol-after-striking-a-person-during-sixth-street-crowd-control#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED NEWS | APD investigating officer who struck a person during Sixth Street crowd control incident<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching the video of the way they were beating me up, it\u2019s just sad,\u201d Acu\u00f1a-Jacobo said. \u201cSad the way how they had me\u2014punching me, kicking me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second video from over the weekend appears to show another incident involving an officer appearing to strike someone in the face, knocking him to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis released a statement on Monday afternoon, stating that both incidents are being reviewed in their entirety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue process must be followed, which includes a comprehensive review of all camera footage, interviews with the officer, witnesses, and others who were present, followed by a hearing,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock said the use of force can depend heavily on circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not this clear bright line that exists in the world of policing of \u2018this is justified and that is excessive,\u2019\u201d Bullock said. \u201cEverything is situationally dependent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a-Jacobo said his time in jail was filled with fear and disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I could do while I was in there was cry, cry, and pray, because I knew nothing was true,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed that one officer has been removed from patrol duties while the investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A 19-year-old man seen in a viral video appearing to be repeatedly struck by an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2458,132,134,133,2457,2456,2455,2454,2460,2459],"class_list":["post-1851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-assault","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-internal-investigation","tag-johnny-acuna-jacobo","tag-police-officer","tag-sixth-street","tag-use-of-force","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}