Austinites Support Antonio Buehler At Austin Public Safety Meeting - FREE ANTONIO BUEHLER!

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You want to know how to help? Call the following people and DEMAND that they fire criminal cops Oborski & Snider.
Mayor Leffingwell: 512-974-2250
Police Chief Acevedo: 512-974-5000 Where's The Dash Cam video Chief?
City Council Members:
Chris Riley: 512-974-2260
Mike Martinez: 512-974-2264
Kathie Tovo: 512-974-2255
Laura Morrison: 512-974-2258
Bill Spelman: 512-974-2256

Statement From Antonio Buehler:

On January 1st, 2012 sometime between 1:00 am
and 1:30 am, I was driving my friend home from
a New Years Eve party. I was the designated
driver and was sober. We pulled into the 7-11 on
Lamar & West 10th in Austin TX to get gas, and
we saw ourselves near a car that was pulled over
with two police cruisers behind it. A black woman
was being given a field sobriety test in the cold.
She seemed to be getting bossed around by the
cops, and we both took notice. They had her doing
the heel to toe test in high heels. In the passenger
seat was a young Hispanic lady who appeared to
be on her phone.
She was doing nothing aggressive.

As we finished pumping gas, a cop had gone over
to the passenger side door and opened it.
Soon after we heard a terrible scream and watched
in horror as the very built cop started yanking this
poor girl from the car. The other cop came up
and joined in on the abuse.

My friend and I stayed within two arms lengths of
the truck, and tried to take pictures and yelled at the
cops to stop assaulting the girl.

After that, one cop came up to me yelling at me and
asking why I was taking pictures. I said it was my
right in public, and he pushed me into the truck and
started yelling in my face. I asked him why he
pushed me, I put up my arms to show I wasn't a
threat, told him to get out of my face, and that I had
done nothing illegal. He then grabbed my arm, and
pinned me against the truck, at which time
he claimed I "spit" on him.

They arrested me, claimed it was for "interfering
with an investigation". By the time I got to their
truck, it was a DUI and they made me blow. It didn't
register, and by the time I got to jail it was then a
"felony harassment" and a "resisting arrest" charge.

The woman was arrested for "public intoxication".
The cops said that she was interfering with their DUI
investigation because she yelled to her friend not to
submit to any tests. Interestingly, neither of us was
charged with interfering in an investigation.

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[davidcononie]

Ms. Pressley makes a great point, what happened to free speach, when you loose your free speech in Austin Texas of all places, things have got to be bad

this case sucks, a Stanford and Westpoint grad, military officer, and a humble man, speaks his peace gets yanked in and accused of spitting on the police, yea, okay, My hat is off to Ms. Presseley and Antonio B

[TimbuckCountry]

gotta love the cop that spoke..''we take things seriously" yeah ok but yet they refuse to release the dash cam video...all cops are bad in my opinion and here is why i say that..yes there are some "good guys" yet they dont do a dang thing about the corruption? putting them in the same category as the rest. BAD COPS

[joshuadc82]

@edarotag84 and for this service they are paid a starting salary of almost 60K. Great job everyone who spoke. Excellent point Laura, that violence against women and free speech aspect really shines light on this episode as it should be seen.

[edarotag84]

Rodney King is why these cops don't want to be watched, these NYPD and Austin cops have lost sight of their "DUTY" to us! they are the servants "Protect and "SERVE" " US!

[ImpeachAllCriminals]

btw.. I am not against "Officers" I am against those who abuse their 'power' - you know, those who were bullied at school & found a way to get back at the world..

[ImpeachAllCriminals]

I filed a complaint against a pig in the dallas force, James M. McCormick; he was 'reprimanded' - as a result the oaf posted all of my pertinent info on YT, asked people to "visit her, saves the taxpayers money.." The FBI even told me this is a threat on my life & they will do everything they can..

Needless to say they DP covered for short stuff.. [McCormick] This happened almost 2 years ago & we are ready to move forward soon.. Took a while, but I have collected quite a bit of evidence..

[boosomentity]

as we play the game we learn that the real power lies in the exaction of force upon individuals by other individuals. the individuals that hide behind the illusory power of the police brand are no longer answerable to the laws that they enforce and eventually the only recourse that the public will be left with is to retaliate with equal or greater force.

[mauibrad]

Great questions Laura Pressley!

[mauibrad]

Great testimonies.

[veritaze]

Someone should point out that while Buehler was getting violated for no reason, at the same time a girl got murdered 20 blocks away and 2 other girls got assaulted but fortunately escaped... all in the same neighborhood at about the same time. Where's our police coverage? Oh yeah, making money for lawyers and the penal system...