Christopher Taylor's defense attorneys, Ken Ervin (l) and Doug O'Connell, at a press conference in February of 2022 (Photo by Jana Birchum / Design by Zeke Barbaro) Austin Police Department Officer Christopher Taylor 's attorneys signaled weeks ago that they'd ask for his murder trial to be moved out of progressive Travis County. Taylor's fatal shooting of the unarmed Mike Ramos – a Black and Latino man – was certainly high-profile in Austin, where Ramos' name appeared on posters beside George Floyd's in 2020 protests for police reform.

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