Ramos says his arrest shows the impunity officers feel toward neighbors living in fear
Candidate for Austin City Council District 1 and the person arrested, in a statement from jail
“That these officers felt emboldened to do this to me, as a candidate on the ballot, speaks volumes to the level of impunity they feel to do this to our neighbors, who are living in fear of these kinds of abductions every day.”
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Common Dreams reports a statement from Austin Lawyers Guild attorney and spokesperson George Lobb issued ahead of the Sept. 26 press conference, and Ramos's statement from jail. The article's byline was not captured in our copy.
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About this source
KUT's report on Ramos's Sept. 26 arrest and release. It quotes Ramos, his campaign manager Jeffrey Clemmons and Austin Lawyers Guild attorney Paul Quinzi, and reports video of the arrest filmed by a neighbor. KUT says DPS and the Travis County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. We read the version updated Sept. 26 at 7:19 PM CDT.
Before the quotation
Ramos issued the statement while in the Travis County Jail on Saturday, September 26.
After the quotation
Ramos was released at about 5 p.m. on a $1,000 personal bond and told the crowd outside the jail that the arrests had to stop.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Texas DPS charge Austin protesters with riot over the Garces Perez shooting demonstration?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
Relative to DPS charging protest participants with riot, Ramos says the arrest shows officers' impunity and that his neighbors live in fear. He criticizes the arrest itself, so we labeled it Condemned.
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