Gabriel Velasquez Neira
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Man shot by ICE in Austin will stay in custody, but will not return to detention center (opens the original)
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Wilber Garces Perez, who was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent earlier this month, will remain in custody after a federal court hearing in Austin on Wednesday. He will not return to the ICE detention facility he was initially taken to in South Texas, according to Daniel Woodward, an attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project. Instead, he will remain in federal court custody. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas charged Garces Perez, a citi
Man shot by ICE in Austin will stay in custody, but will not return to detention center (opens the original)
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Wilber Garces Perez, who was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent earlier this month, will remain in custody after a federal court hearing in Austin on Wednesday. He will not return to the ICE detention facility he was initially taken to in South Texas, according to Daniel Woodward, an attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project. Instead, he will remain in federal court custody. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas charged Garces Perez, a citi
Man shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assaulting and resisting an officer (opens the original)
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Wilber Garces Perez, who was shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Sept. 20 in North Austin, has been charged with assaulting, resisting, interfering and impeding law enforcement. The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas brought the charges against Garces Perez, a citizen of Venezuela, after he fled from immigration officials during a traffic stop, according to prosecutors. During the initial stop, Garces Perez showed his driver's lice
DWI arrests in Austin have dropped dramatically in the last 10 years. Why? (opens the original)
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Arrests for driving while intoxicated have more than halved in Austin over the last 12 years, according to data from the Austin Police Department. Ride-hailing services, like Uber and Lyft, have likely contributed to the decline, but it also comes from a lack of enforcement by APD. Ride-hailing started in Austin around June 2014. Austin originally tried to regulate ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft, which led to their temporary exit from the market. Other companies, like RideAustin, fill
Anti-ICE protesters return to scene of Wilber Garces Perez shooting in Austin (opens the original)
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About 160 people gathered Sunday afternoon at the North Austin site where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot Wilber Garces Perez. For some, like Lucila Carlos, it was their first-ever protest. Carlos, a master's student at UT, was holding a sign that read "Full legalization for immigrants now. Party for Socialism and Liberation" on the front and "Justice for Ruben Ray Martinez, killed by ICE" on the back. Carlos said seeing how the Hispanic community has been targeted by immigrati
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