On Firedoglake I wrote about recent arrests targeting the Peaceful Streets Project and whether the behavior of Austin Police violates the constitution.
Sarah Dickerson was handcuffed while attempting to film Buehler’s arrest. Two remaining members of Buehler’s team continued to film as a pair until backed up by myself and other PSP activists who then left as a group. Both Buehler and Dickerson were charged with the same misdemeanor class C, Interfering With Public Duties, charged against Medina, Bush, and Buehler himself at his previous arrest.
Peaceful Streets and Occupy Austin supporters then camped out all night and into the following afternoon on the hard benches and ground outside Travis County Jail awaiting the release of our allies; the courtyard outside soon became decorated with blankets, bundles of food and water, chalk drawings and ‘Film the Police’ signs as visitors came and went with supplies. Activists shared water, phone calls, and solidarity with others being released, spreading the word of Peaceful Streets and Occupy to new ears. One wit even chalked the name Byron Carter on a nearby police memorial.
