{"id":2587281,"date":"2026-04-05T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-da-on-4-year-witch-hunt-against-cop-who-used-beanbag-round-on-blmers-gets-taste-of-his-own-bitter-medicine\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T08:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:50:29","slug":"soros-da-on-4-year-witch-hunt-against-cop-who-used-beanbag-round-on-blmers-gets-taste-of-his-own-bitter-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-da-on-4-year-witch-hunt-against-cop-who-used-beanbag-round-on-blmers-gets-taste-of-his-own-bitter-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros DA on 4-Year Witch Hunt Against Cop Who Used Beanbag Round on BLMers Gets Taste of His Own Bitter Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsoros-da-on-4-year-witch-hunt-against-cop-who-used-beanbag-round-on-blmers-gets-taste-of-his-own-bitter-medicine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587281&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Daily Caller News Foundation reports on allegations from law firm O\u2019Connell West, representing Austin Police officer chance Bretches, that Travis County District Attorney Jos\u00e9 Garza engaged in secret meetings with city officials to pressure Austin to accept responsibility for a 2020 protest incident without informing Bretches\u2019 defense, and that Garza only filed new charges against Bretches after failing to indict the city. The firm contends Garza and his office knew the police used <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >expired bean bag ammunition<\/a> that caused \u201csevere injury,\u201d and claims the DA\u2019s actions suggest tampering with evidence and improper pressure to resolve the case against Bretches. Bretches was initially charged in 2022 and was re-indicted in 2024 on aggravated assault, deadly conduct, and related counts, alongside other officers involved in the incident during the George Floyd protests in Austin. The article also notes Garza\u2019s fundraising ties to Soros-backed groups during his 2020 election and discusses links to The Wren Collective, a group that supports progressive prosecutors, including a 2025 report on outsourcing justice; Open Society Foundations denies providing financial support to Wren Collective. Law-enforcement groups in Texas, including CLEAT and APROA, are calling for Garza\u2019s resignation, while Garza\u2019s office did not respond to comment requested by the Daily Caller News Foundation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jos&eacute; Garza, a Soros-backed Austin prosecutor who ran on a platform of &ldquo;delivering real justice for all,&rdquo; may soon get a taste of his own medicine if a Texas law firm&rsquo;s case against him pans out.<\/p>\n<p>Garza, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-surge-in-violent-crime-progressives-win-big-in-pennsylvanias-largest-cities\/\" title=\"After A Surge In Violent Crime, Progressives Win Big In Pennsylvania\u2019s Largest Cities\">progressive district attorney<\/a> for Travis County, has been chasing a criminal conviction against Austin Police Officer Chance Bretches for nearly four years relating to a 2020 incident in which some protesters sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Now law firm O&rsquo;Connell West, representing Bretches, is alleging that Garza held &ldquo;secret meetings&rdquo; with officials to pressure the city of Austin into accepting responsibility in the incident &mdash; without informing the parties involved. According to the firm, the DA only filed new charges against Bretches after failing to secure an indictment against the city.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Department issued expired bean bag ammunition amid Black Lives Matter protests in Austin following the death of George Floyd, according to court documents released by O&rsquo;Connell West. The use of those rounds allegedly caused &ldquo;severe injury&rdquo; to at least one individual, leading to responding officer Chance Bretches&rsquo; indictment alongside 18 other involved officers.<\/p>\n<p>Bretches was initially charged with two counts of aggravated assault in May 2022 and re-indicted for two counts of aggravated assault, deadly conduct, and assault in March 2024.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Bretches&rsquo; attorneys alleged that Garza met with city officials in 2023 to negotiate an indictment against the city of Austin in exchange for dropping charges against Bretches.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, the firm claimed that Garza&rsquo;s office never informed the defense of these meetings and certified to the court that all information had been exchanged between the parties. As a result, O&rsquo;Connell West claimed there is &ldquo;probable cause&rdquo; to believe that several members of Garza&rsquo;s office tampered with evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Garza&rsquo;s office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation&rsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Doug O&rsquo;Connell told the DCNF the issue that the firm is raising in the case is that Garza&rsquo;s office &ldquo;knew the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-pd-releases-photo-of-rv-that-exploded-christmas-morning-asks-the-public-for-help\/\" title=\"Nashville PD Releases Photo of RV That Exploded Christmas Morning, Asks the Public For Help\">police department<\/a> was criminally responsible for the expired, hardened bean bag shotgun&rdquo; issued to officers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The elected DA here in Travis County, Texas ran on a platform of targeting and prosecuting police officers,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Connell stated. &ldquo;He is a George Soros-funded official who takes orders from the Wren Collective.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Garza was elected as the Travis County DA during the 2020 election cycle and took office in January 2021, shortly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/interactive\/2021\/austin-district-attorney-police-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indicting<\/a> 19 police officers for their actions during the May 2020 protests.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor <a href=\"https:\/\/policedefense.org\/wp-content\/FinanceDocs\/Garza-finance-doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> over $548,000 in political contributions between Feb. 23 and July 4, 2020, much of which came from the Texas branch of Soros&rsquo; national Justice &amp; Public Safety PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Soros is the committee&rsquo;s top backer, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/527-explorer\/orgs\/815457317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contributing<\/a> $3,480,863 in 2020 &mdash; including $652,000 between March 11 and May 29, the window of time during which political action committees were required to file contribution reports in the state of Texas during the 2020 election season.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor&rsquo;s office also entered a non-disclosure agreement with The Wren Collective in 2022, according to the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policedefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Outsourcing-Justice-LELDF-sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> &ldquo;Outsourcing Justice&rdquo; produced by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the agreement was signed by Wren Collective founder Jessica Brand and Travis County&rsquo;s First Assistant District Attorney Trudy Strassburger.<\/p>\n<p>The Wren Collective has worked to support 40 progressive prosecutors through pro-bono &ldquo;communications&rdquo; work since 2022. According to its <a href=\"https:\/\/wrencollective.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, the organization &ldquo;works to transform America&rsquo;s approach to public safety, expose the weaponization of the legal system, and ensure every person has the chance to participate in civic society.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Wren Collective is fiscally supported by Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, a leftist organization sponsor that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=social%20and%20environmental%20entrepreneurs&amp;page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received<\/a> over $6 million from Soros&rsquo; Open Society Foundations between 2020 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>When reached for comment, the Open Society Foundations said that the organization &ldquo;has not provided any financial support to the Wren Collective,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;They are not a grantee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>SEE and The Wren Collective did not respond to the DCNF&rsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Police Retired Officers Association and the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas called for Garza&rsquo;s resignation following O&rsquo;Connell West&rsquo;s accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Executive director of CLEAT Robert Leonard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleat.org\/due-process-denied-why-da-jose-garza-must-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;If DA Garza has any shred of integrity left, he will resign immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leonard told the DCNF that Garza &ldquo;made it abundantly clear&rdquo; during his campaign that he would use the office to target police officers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think DA Garza made it abundantly clear when he ran for office that his promise to his constituency &mdash; the people that supported him, including the Soros foundation that financially backed his campaign &mdash; was that he was going to go after police officers, he was going to go after law enforcement, and that he was going to do whatever he had to fulfill that campaign promise,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>APROA President Dennis Farris posted the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Farris_Actual\/status\/2033691331860549858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to X<\/a>, writing that Garza&rsquo;s &ldquo;habitual misconduct&rdquo; and &ldquo;lack of prosecutorial experience puts our entire community at risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Farris told the DCNF he believed Garza did &ldquo;the right thing&rdquo; by not prosecuting the officers who shot and killed a terrorist after the early March 2026 attack in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he can look at this shooting and see that it&rsquo;s clearly justified, he should be able to look at every other police shooting and do the same thing,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;because there was no more investigation into this police shooting in two days than there is in any other one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Strassburger <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrBuckinghamTX\/status\/1396222947271000064\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent an <\/a> with the subject line &ldquo;Looking for Civil Rights Prosecutor&rdquo; shortly after Garza took office searching for candidates &ldquo;looking to prosecute police officers,&rdquo; which Farris says &ldquo;should tell you everything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was the straw that broke the camel&rsquo;s back. It&rsquo;s the totality of everything if you go back and look at everything, the missteps this office has made in the last five years, and the fact that this community is not safe because of those missteps,&rdquo; Farris said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We gotta do something before it goes so far that it can&rsquo;t be fixed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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Garza has spent about four years pursuing a criminal conviction of Austin Police Officer Chance Bretches over a 2020 incident during protests. Bretches\u2019 lawyers at O\u2019Connell West allege Garza held secret meetings with city officials to pressure the city into accepting responsibility, without informing the parties involved, and that new charges against Bretches were only filed after failing to indict the city. Court documents say the Austin Police Department used expired bean-bag rounds during Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd\u2019s death, which allegedly caused serious injuries, and Bretches was indicted along with 18 other officers; he was initially charged in May 2022 and re-indicted in March 2024 on additional counts.<\/p>\n<p>The firm claims Garza met with city officials in 2023 to trade indicting the city for dropping charges against Bretches, and that Garza\u2019s office did not inform the defense of these meetings or accurately disclose information to the court. They argue there is probable cause to believe several members of Garza\u2019s office tampered with evidence. Garza\u2019s office did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. Attorney Doug O\u2019Connell contends the case centers on Garza\u2019s alleged awareness that the police department bore responsibility for the problematic rounds, and he accuses Garza of pursuing a pro-police-officer prosecution agenda funded by Soros-linked groups. Garza, elected in 2020, began indicting officers in the May 2020 protests and received substantial political contributions from Soros-affiliated committees.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes Soros was a major backer of the office\u2019s fundraising in 2020, and mentions ties to The Wren Collective, which has supported progressive prosecutors with pro\u2011bono communications work since 2022. The Wren Collective is said to be financed in part by Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, a group that received significant support from Soros\u2019 Open Society Foundations between 2020 and 2023. Open Society Foundations says it did not provide financial support to the Wren Collective. The DCNF sought comment from several groups, and some law-enforcement associations called for Garza\u2019s resignation, with critics arguing his campaign promises to go after police officers reflect in his conduct. 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