Peaceful Streets’ Antonio Buehler confronts Austin PD
June 5th, 2013
West Point grad, former Army officer, and war veteran Antonio Buehler is a rock star of a police accountability activist in Austin, Texas. To these ends he founded the Peaceful Streets Project.
It’s a few weeks old now, but I came across this video of him confronting Austin PD during a routine traffic stop that belongs in the all time best police accountability videos.
The Peaceful Streets Project is an all-volunteer, grassroots effort to end state-sponsored institutionalized violence. The project aims to support communities in understanding and exercising their rights through education and non-violent direct action.
In this encounter Austin Police pulled over a Peaceful Streets Project team that was observing police activity, something officer Brown insisted was obstructing an investigation.
During the altercation Antonio Buehler was ordered out of the vehicle and detained against his will by officer Brown. What’s remarkable about this particular incident is that it was captured from so many perspectives.
The video above comes from the driver’s side passenger in the vehicle (a woman who was by a cop a week prior in the same part of town). You can also see the same incident from , and from a third camera held by the .
Nice work.
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