Austin Cop Arrested Cop-Watcher, Now Interview Video Emerges
“Fuck the police!” said Joshua Pineda, cop-watcher and Peaceful Streets activist as he left jail, “Especially fucking Mears.”
Austin cop Corporal Mears executed a false arrest of Pineda for “recording too closely” this weekend and charged him with failure to obey a police officer and interfering with public duties.
After Pineda was charged and booked, a magistrate immediately threw out the charges for interfering with public duties.
Pineda still faces a charge of failure to obey a police officer when he refused to get back to a distance that satisfied Corporal Mears.
