Demonstrators Arrested At Austin Police Protests Identified

AUSTIN, TX — Police on Monday identified 40 people who were arrested during recent protests against law enforcement that have taken place in downtown Austin since late May.

Protests have been sparked across the country after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, who died on May 25 after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Those calling for police reform in Austin already had been galvanized following the death of Michael Ramos outside a South Austin apartment complex on April 24. Ramos was fatally shot by an officer as he drove away following a brief confrontation with police despite having shown he was unarmed.

Since then, protesters in Austin have taken to the downtown streets to demonstrate against police brutality while calling for stripping officers of certain duties — dealing with the homeless or those in the throes of mental health crises, to name two examples — as part of a movement to defund police of those tasks.

In the process of protesting, several demonstrators have been arrested. Police on Monday issued a list of arrests from July 31 to Aug. 3:

• Arrested July 31 at 10 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at East 9th and Red River streets.
• Arrested July 31 at 9:53 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at 301 Congress Ave.
• Arrested July 31 at 11:54 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at 3rd and Brazos streets.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:45 p.m. for interfering with public duties at Congress Avenue at 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:45 p.m. for obstructing of a highway pass/city ordinance violation at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:15 p.m. for obstructing a highway pass/city ordinance violation along the 300 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:15 p.m. for interfering with public duties along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:20 p.m. for interfering with public duties at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:45 p.m. for obstructing a highway pass/city ordinance violation.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:46 p.m. for assault by contact along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. for interfering with public duties along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. for possession of a dangerous drug/city ordinance violation along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 7:45 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass/city ordinance violation at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:50 p.m. for a city ordinance violation along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 11 p.m. for assault on a peace officer/city ordinance violation at Congress Avenue and 5th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. for a city ordinance violation at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9 p.m., aggravated assault, along the 300 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at Congress Avenue and 3rd Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10:05 p.m. for a city ordinance violation along the 300 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at Congress Avenue and 3rd Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:30 p.m. for resisting arrest and search/obstrution of a highway pass along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 11 p.m. for interfering with public duties at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. for interfering with public duties along the 300 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 8:30 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10:30 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at 400 Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:30 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10:30 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at Congress Avenue and West 3rd Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 11:30 p.m. for interfering with public duties at 715 E. 8th St.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:15 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:15 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass/failure to identify/city ordinance violation along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:37 p.m. for obstructing a highway pass along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 for obstruction of a highwy pass/city ordinance violation at the intersection of Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9:39 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 9 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass at Congress AVenue and 4th Street.
• Aarrested Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. for interfering with public duties along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. for assault by contact along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. for obstruction of a highway pass along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.
• Arrested Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. for obstructing a highway pass at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested on Aug. 1 at 11 p.m. for obstrucing a highway pass at Congress Avenue and 4th Street.
• Arrested Aug. 3 at 8:29 p.m. for a city ordinance violation along the 400 block of Congress Avenue.