Texas Cop-Watcher Arrested for Recording Austin Police Make Contetious Arrest
A Texas Police officer falsely arrested a local cop-watch activist for exercising his First Amendment right, while he documented Austin Police Department making a contentious arrest over the weekend.
Joshua Pineda of the Peaceful Streets Project has been arrested four times by the Austin Police Department (APD) in the past for the same reason, recording the police, and what his group passionately investigates: racist and violent policing tactics of APD in that city’s lively entertainment district.
Each time, Pineda’s charges were later dismissed.
