The man charged here is West Point and Stanford graduate and vet. He was originally charged with a felony for filming the police. What should of been a half day trial took 3 years to get to court and 5 days to do. 8 prosecutors and many police showed up everyday, one policeman that sided with the guy was fired by the city. The police labeled him a terrorist and spent tons of money and time on this. Why?? They want the right to dictate and abuse with impunity it seems. The man won the main charge. Please just be informed but dont let this get you down, they want people depressed or feeling sad from all the bad news, they are easier to brainwash then. I just want to know whats happening in case Im ever in a position to help change things. If one doesnt know the evils, how are thing ever going to change? Steve democracynow.org/2014/10/29/is_filming_a_police_officer_a A jury in Austin, Texas, is set to issue its decision today in a case that centers on a person’s right to film police officers. Antonio Buehler says he was at a gas station in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in 2012 when he used his phone to take pictures of a woman being arrested and crying out for help. Ultimately, Buehler’s attempt to document what he felt was apparent police abuse ended with his own arrest when the officer said he felt Buehler spit on him. He faced a felony charge of harassment of a public servant, and two to 10 years in prison. Last year, a grand jury cleared Buehler of the felony, but in an usual twist, it came back with a charge of failure to obey a lawful order, a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine. The order was for Buehler to put his hands behind his back as he tried to take pictures. Since then Buehler has co-founded the group Peaceful Streets Project, whose members record police and post the videos online, and train others to do the same. He has been arrested several more times while videotaping officers and has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Austin Police Department. Buehler is an an Iraq War veteran and graduate of West Point and Stanford University with no prior arrests. Just moments before a jury is set to issue a verdict, he joins us from Austin. UPDATE: After four days of proceedings and more than five hours of jury deliberation, Antonio Buehler was found not guilty the evening of Oct. 29, 2014. Buehler sent us this this statement in response to the verdict: “I don’t feel vindicated, nor do I think I ‘won.’ The cops who committed crimes that night were never tried, arrested, fired, disciplined, or even reprimanded. 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. And I still have three more trials coming up for the ‘crime’ of filming the police. The city had eight prosecutors in the courtroom trying this case, and about a dozen police officers were in there to intimidate the jury. When cops and prosecutors are willing to expend such tremendous resources to prosecute a Class C Misdemeanor for political purposes, all Americans should fear their government.” Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. see the rest click above
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 05:07:44 +0000