Chief prosecutors in Austin, San Francisco, and Chicago, doubled down on criminal prosecutions of law enforcement officials in the past year-and-a-half since the George Floyd protests. All three were elected on a progressive platform to ease up on criminal punishment, especially on low-level crimes, while getting tougher on police to root out what they called bad apples. Just one year into his term, Travis County (Austin, Texas) District Attorney Jose Garza secured 29 criminal indictments against law enforcement officials, according to records. Nearly nine out of 10 indictments alleged excessive use of force while on duty. The largest batch of indictments came out in February and alleged 19 Austin police officers used excessive force during the Floyd protests in 2020. Garza also secured rare murder indictments for two Austin police officers. His first indictment against a police officer for excessive use of force fell apart in a few months. On …