1. Antonio Buehler is an American educator, entrepreneur, and activist known for his work on police accountability and his pursuit of a more widely recognized constitutional right to photograph, film and document the public activities of police.
25 Facts About Antonio Buehler
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In 2012, Buehler was arrested in Austin, Texas, for video-recording police after he allegedly witnessed a woman being abused by officers.
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Antonio Buehler has been arrested a total of seven times, has had twelve criminal charges filed against him, and has had dozens of criminal investigations initiated against him.
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Antonio Buehler was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 1977.
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Antonio Buehler attended Pottsville Area High School in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where he was an All-Anthracite football player.
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Antonio Buehler graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and later from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Antonio Buehler has given numerous talks on college admissions, alternative education, homeschooling and other education topics at schools, libraries, and conferences across the country.
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Antonio Buehler yelled out to the police, asking them why they were assaulting her.
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Witness video evidence does not show Antonio Buehler spitting, Oborski did not wipe his face, and Austin Police Department spokesman Corporal Hipolito admitted to KEYE news that he could not see Antonio Buehler spitting on the officer.
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Pizana is the woman that Antonio Buehler felt was being abused on New Year's Day 2012.
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October 29,2014, after an unprecedented four-day Class C Misdemeanor trial that spanned a full calendar week, Antonio Buehler was acquitted of charges and found not guilty of failing to comply with the order of a police officer on New Year's Day 2012.
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On December 31,2013, Antonio Buehler, while awaiting trial, sued the Austin Police Department, Police Chief Art Acevedo, Officer Patrick Oborski, Officer Robert Snider, SGT Adam Johnson and Officer Justin Berry for allegedly violating his civil rights beginning with his January 1,2012, arrest and two additional arrests which occurred on August 26 and September 21,2012.
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On December 2,2016, Antonio Buehler filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to have the case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Antonio Buehler has continued to wage a public fight against his criminal charges.
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Antonio Buehler 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.
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Antonio Buehler was scheduled to stand trial on February 23,2015.
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Antonio Buehler was awarded a new trial which began on February 23,2015, at Gonzales County Court.
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The final set of charges pending against Antonio Buehler were similarly dropped on February 19,2015, "clearing the way for a meeting between city prosecutors and the police accountability activist in federal court" on March 2,2015.
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In May 2015, Antonio Buehler was nominated to serve on the Austin Public Safety Commission by Council Member Don Zimmerman.
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Antonio Buehler argued that he was using the same rhetoric police used after they killed suspects to highlight their hypocrisy.
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On July 8,2016, the German paper Kurier ran an article about Antonio Buehler calling cops terrorists in the aftermath of the high-profile police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the killing of five Dallas Police Officers by Micah Xavier Johnson.
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In 2012, less than two months after Officer Justin Berry arrested Antonio Buehler, Berry authored an alarmist memo and powerpoint presentation calling police accountability groups domestic terrorists.
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Antonio Buehler listed a range of activist groups in the email to his superiors, including the Peaceful Streets Project, Occupy Austin, Texans for Accountable Government, and the Institute for Justice.
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In July 2012, Antonio Buehler was chosen to receive the Texans for Accountable Government annual Activist of the Year award.
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Antonio Buehler was invited to give a TEDx talk about his experiences combating police abuse at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on April 12,2014.