Austin City Council member among those handcuffed at sit-in

[TexasTowelie]

Austin City Council Member Greg Casar was handcuffed at an immigration protest Monday evening.

Casar was among a group of immigration advocates who spent much of the day orchestrating a sit-in at a state office building in protest of Senate Bill 4, the so-called sanctuary cities bill, which would ban cities from declining to assist federal immigration enforcement.

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Protest organizers said just before 6:45 p.m. that 18 sit-in participants had been given trespassing citations and would be released.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/austin-city-council-member-among-those-handcuffed-sit/6s9m7JnVH6umc5LTzpir8L/

[font color=330099]From the photos, I can recognize that this occurred at the old State Insurance Building at 11th and San Jacinto.[/font]

[Javaman]

1. Thank you Greg! You will always have my vote.

he's my council member for district 4