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Misael Ramos
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- 1Progressive Austin council candidate arrested at ICE protest▼Progressive candidate arrested after ICE protest says officer threatened to shoot pet
Misael Ramos, a democratic socialist running for Austin City Council, was arrested by Texas troopers Saturday morning while protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The arrest followed an ICE agent shooting Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin. Ramos says an officer threatened to shoot his pet during the arrest, intensifying criticism of authorities' handling of the protest and the earlier shooting.