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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 A Texas city council candidate was arrested Saturday morning on a misdemeanor charge for \u201criot participation” in connection with behavior authorities said they observed at a protest against the shooting of a Venezuelan man<\/a> by a federal immigration officer.<\/p>\n

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and special agents took Misael Ramos, 40, into custody around 8:45 a.m. Saturday on an outstanding warrant \u201cstemming from his actions\u201d during a Sunday protest, the agency’s media department wrote in an unsigned email. Protesters on Sunday had been demonstrating against the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin.<\/p>\n

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