Texas Police Officer Disciplined for Picture with Snoop Dogg
A state trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety has been disciplined after he was spotted in an Instagram photo with rapper Snoop Dogg. The rap artist was in Austin for the South by...
View ArticleTexas Open Carry Moves Forward with Support from Huey P Newton Gun Club
PHOTO: Brittney Martin/ Dallas News As the Texas Senate debated Open Carry legislation, the Huey P Newton Gun Club marched outside carrying rifles. The Dallas-based club is named after the co-founder...
View ArticleUpdate From Fluoride Free Austin, New City Council
This update was originally sent via email on Monday February 16, 2015. Greetings, Fellow Fluoride Fighters: The new era of Austin municipal government officially launched on January 29 with the first...
View ArticleTexas Moves Closer to Approving Open Carry, Campus Carry
Two bills allowing Open Carry of firearms and weapons on college campuses are heading to the floor of the Texas Senate. The bills for Licensed Open Carry and Campus Carry were passed out of the...
View ArticleAustin Police Use Excessive Force At Superbowl Party
Austin, TX– Witnesses to a brutal arrest by the Austin Police Department on Super Bowl Sunday are speaking out. They are extremely upset about what they saw when police were called to the disturbance...
View ArticleAustin Detective Files Lawsuit Against City Alleging Sexual Harassment and...
By: John Bush An Austin Police Department Detective is suing the City of Austin claiming the Department retaliated against her after she filed an internal affairs complaint for alleged sexual...
View ArticleAustin City Council Runoff Results Could Upset the Status Quo at City Hall
By: John Bush Listen to the audio version of this story here. Results are in for the Austin City Council Runoff Election and the new council makeup will certainly be a departure from the status-quo....
View ArticleLiberty Beat Exclusive: Former CPS Victim Turns Agency on Austin Homeschool...
By: John Bush EDITORS NOTE: This story has been updated. See bottom of post for notes. An Austin homeschool family is under scrutiny from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services after...
View ArticleAustin Activists Plan a #Ferguson Solidarity Rally After Grand Jury Announcement
Activists in Austin, Texas will be joining cities around the United States who will be rallying in solidarity with the community in Ferguson and St. Louis following the upcoming grand jury...
View ArticleAustin Police Seek Body Cameras
November 12, 2014 by Clay Dafoe According to KXAN News, the Austin Police Department recently sent out a request for information to several companies about buying body cameras for officers. One...
View ArticleCentral Texas Gun Works Owner Foils Supposed Plot
November 10, 2014 By Clay Dafoe On Friday, an unidentified man came to South Austin gun store Central Texas Gun Works in search of ammunition and a handgun. What employees and owner Michael Cargill...
View ArticleThe Original Liberty Beat January 23 2012
The Liberty Beat that started it all! Beginning as a weekly radio news service covering local news only, the Beat quickly grew to a nationally syndicated program delivering daily news and audio...
View ArticleAntonio Buehler found Not Guilty
After over 25 hours of proceedings and over 5 hours of deliberation, the 5 person jury has reached a verdict, Not Guilty on the charge of failure to obey the order of an officer. See the play by play...
View ArticleLiberty Beat Special Report: Day Three in the Antonio Buehler Trial
By: John Bush Day 3 in the Antonio Buehler trial took a dramatic turn before the proceedings even began. At around 8:00 AM, a juror in the case entered to courtroom to speak to the judge. He handed...
View ArticleLiberty Beat Special Report: Day Two in the Antonio Buehler Trial
By: John Bush After ten hours of grueling testimony, objections, and a few shenanigans from the spectators, Day two of the Antonio Buehler trial kept up the same fast paced excitement you would expect...
View ArticleAustin Police Officer Crosses Thin Blue Line at Buehler Trial, Loses Job
By: John Bush The thin blue line, the unwritten police compact which holds that officers should get each others back no matter the circumstance, has been crossed! On day two of the Antonio Buehler...
View ArticleLiberty Beat Special Report: Day One in the Antonio Buehler Trial
By: John Bush “I was grateful Antonio was there to take pictures of what was happening because I feared for my safety.” That’s testimony shared yesterday by Norma Pizana during the first day of...
View ArticleTexans for Accountable Government’s Operation GOTV Picking Up Steam
Texans for Accountable Government’s Operation GOTV is currently underway and can be found at TAGTexas.org/GOTV. The get out the vote effort was launched by the Political Action Committee last week to...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 7-Eleven Video Released in Antonio Buehler New Years Arrest
The Liberty Beat has obtained exclusive access to the 7-Eleven CCTV video that captured the arrest of Antonio Buehler during the early hours of News Years Day, 2012. Antonio, who was designated driver...
View ArticlePART II Texans for Accountable Government City Council Candidates Forum...
http://thelibertybeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/TAG-Forum-2.mp3 Yesterday we recapped the Texans for Accountable Government City Council Candidate Forum and brought you the low-down on two local...
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