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Nearly 8,200 people have joined the Free Antonio Buehler[26] Facebook page, with supporters flyering the city and organizing rallies in support of Buehler, and posting daily stories of American and international police abuse.[27][28]
Despite a half dozen witnesses, two videos and audio evidence of what happened on New Year's Day, the District Attorney did not convene a grand jury in 2012.
basing all their movements" off of the film "V for Vendetta" and are manufacturing problems in order to bring about a revolution.
Buehler has continued to wage a public fight against his criminal charges.
In 2014, Buehler launched Abrome.[10] Initially, Abrome was an online education service, but as of 2016 it is now an alternative, progressive school in Austin, TX, that operates free of teachers, classrooms, testing, homework, or grades.[11] Abrome claims to have gotten approximately 50% of their clients into Harvard and/or Stanford Universities, and 75% of their clients into a top ten college.[12]
New Year's Day 2012 incident
In the early hours of New Year's Day 2012, Buehler, the designated driver that night, pulled into a 7-11 in Austin, TX for gas.[13] While fueling up, he and his passenger observed a DWI stop in progress, with a woman in high heels, the driver of the automobile, being subjected to a field sobriety test being conducted by an Austin police officer; according to Buehler, they then heard a female screaming and turned in time to see officer Robert Snider forcefully pulling another female from the passenger side of the vehicle, throwing her to the ground and pinning her arms behind her back.[14] Buehler yelled out to the police, asking them why they were assaulting her.[15] After twisting her arms behind her back, the officers arrested her.
That trial was postponed at the request of the prosecutor. Austin Activist on Trial for Videotaping an Arrest, DemocracyNow, October 29, 2014
Officer Patrick Oborski Lies About Antonio Buehler Spitting In His Face! Or the scores of thousands of pigs who abuse people every month in America.
According to Buehler and other witnesses, after refusing an order to walk toward the arresting officer and the suspect in order to join other members of the Peaceful Street Project, and despite continually asking how far he needed to move back, and continuing to move back away from the scene, Buehler was given an ultimatum to either join other members of the Peaceful Streets Project, or leave.
The next trial date was set for June 25, 2015.[106] On June 25, 2015, after a trial in which the prosecution only called one witness, and the defense called a half dozen, the jury deadlocked at 3-3 and the Judge declared a mistrial.[107] A few weeks later, the prosecutor requested that the charge be dismissed because he would be "[u]nable to prove case beyond a reasonable doubt."[108] In a statement, Buehler stated, “It has become clear to me that in order for people to see justice within the system, they need to have tremendous resources in terms of connections, finances, and time.” [109]
I think this would have been a great opportunity for people to once again see how the Austin Police Department and city prosecutors use city ordinances to victimize people who have already been victimized by the police.
That trial was postponed after the court informed the defense that they had forgotten to send out jury summonses. He has claimed that the city and the Austin Police Department are intentionally engaged in a cover-up and that corruption runs throughout the city government and the police department.[75]
On June 24, 2013, Fox 7 ran a piece on Antonio Buehler wherein the President of the Austin Police Association alluded to possible violence in the future should Buehler continue to escalate his cop watching tactics.[81] The Peaceful Streets Project responded by organizing several more public cop watch events, Know Your Rights Trainings and a national police accountability summit in Austin on August 17, 2013.[82]
On April 12, 2014, Buehler spoke about the Peaceful Streets Project and police abuse at a TEDx event at Harvard.[83]
On January 22, 2015, CBS News highlighted Antonio Buehler and the Peaceful Streets Project as one of two copwatch groups patrolling in Texas.[84]
On May 9, 2015, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and The Texas Tribune released collaborative pieces on the direct action tactic of Filming the Police, with a focus on the Peaceful Streets Project.[85][86]
On August 20, 2015, CityLab from The Atlantic released a piece centered on Antonio Buehler and the Peaceful Streets Project about the risks of filming the police, despite the legality of doing so.[87]
On November 25, 2015, Playboy did a longform article on cop watching, which opened and closed with Antonio Buehler and the Peaceful Streets Project.[88]
On February 26, 2016, Pivot.TV's Truth and Power docuseries built an episode around Buehler's history and work with the Peaceful Streets Project.[89]
On March 10, 2016, Showtime's DarkNet docuseries featured Buehler and the Peaceful Streets Project.[90]
In December 2017, The Progressive featured Buehler and his work with the Peaceful Streets Project and Abrome in a three-page feature.[91]
Subsequent arrests and charges
August 24, 2012
In the early morning hours of August 24, 2012, while cop watching with members of the Peaceful Streets Project in downtown Austin, Buehler recorded an undercover officer, Justin Berry, helping uniformed police officers arrest women for underage drinking.
Early life, education, and experience
Antonio Buehler was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1977. Three for "failure to obey a lawful order" related to his New Year's Day incident, and two follow on arrests. Blame his parents. After a seven-hour trial, the jury found him guilty and assessed a $1 fine.[105] Buehler was awarded a new trial which began on February 23, 2015, at Gonzales County Court.
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Instead, Norma and I were charged with a total of six crimes we did not commit, and it took nearly three years to make them disappear. A new appeal trial was scheduled for March 30, 2015. This week we're going to watch a documentary instead of reading a book. Austin Police Department claims that he refused to back away from an arrest, causing the suspect of the arrest to become uncontrollable.