BUEHLER v. DEAR

No. 20-50822.

27 F.4th 969 (2022)

Antonio BUEHLER, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Randy DEAR, in his individual and official capacities, Aljoe Garibay, in his individual and official capacities; Wesley Devries, in his individual and official capacities; Monika McCoy, in her individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees, City of Austin, Quint Sebek, in his individual and official capacities; John Leo Coffey, in his individual and official capacities; Ryan Adams, in his individual and official capacities; Allen Hicks, in his individual and official capacities; Reginald Parker, in his individual and official capacities, Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 3, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daphne L. Silverman , Silverman Law Group, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Amanda Garrett Taylor , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Ridgeland, MS, Marshall Ayres Bowen , Butler Snow, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Before Clement, Southwick, and Willett, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns the line between filming the police, which is legal, and hindering the police, which is not. Without question, video footage plays a major role in exposing incidents of police brutality. The ubiquity of smartphone cameras has made eyewitnesses of us all; as smartphones proliferate, so do recordings...

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