City council candidate faces 'riot participation' charge for ICE shooting protest

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas city council candidate was arrested Saturday morning on a misdemeanor charge for “riot participation," a week after he was part of a protest against the shooting of a Venezuelan man by a federal immigration officer.
Public jail records do not specify the date of Misael Ramos' alleged rioting, but Ramos' attorney said that his client was accused of “engaging in a riot on the 20th of September," the day of the protests over the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin.
Ramos denies any wrongdoing and will contest the charge, his campaign said in a news release.
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