The Brief
- A parking dispute video near Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin has gone viral
- A couple who lives along E 9th Street were seen telling people not to park in front of their home. They were also seen making comments about the univeristy
- Since the video was posted, it has led to crowds of students and community members gathering outside the home playing music, chanting, and waving signs
- The City of Austin said parking is allowed on those blocks of East 9th Street.
AUSTIN, Texas – Over the weekend, crowds could be seen gathering outside an east Austin home, in response to a viral video over a heated parking dispute.
Huston-Tillotson heated parking discussion
The backstory:
The video was posted last week by a Huston-Tillotson student named Bri, under her Instagram account @briii.likethecheese. In the video, she can be seen approaching a couple at their home along E 9th Street, just feet away from the gates of the university. In her post, Bri accuses the couple of harassing students who use the neighborhood’s public parking, claiming the couple has been leaving notes on cars to get them to move off the street.
Bri can be heard in the video asking the couple, “Excuse me, do y’all live here? Y’all know that it’s legal to park right here, right?”…