[bleep] up. >> ultimately, antonio buehler's attempt to document apparent police abuse ended with his arrest when the officer said he felt buehler spit on him. he faced a felony charge of harassment of a public servant and possible 2 to 10 years in prison. last year, a grand jury cleared buehler of the felony, but in an usual twist, it came back with a charge of "failure to obey a lawful order," a class c misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine. the order was for buehler to put his hands behind his back as he tried to take pictures. >> since then buehler co-founded , the group peaceful streets project, whose members record police and post the videos online, and train others to do the same. he has been arrested several more times while videotaping officers, and has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the austin police department. and, nearly three years after his first arrest, buehler returned to court last thursday to challenge his misdemeanor charge. such minor cases often take about half a day, but this one is about to enter its fourth day, and has featured a large police pre

and in a follow-up to our story from yesterday, a jury in texas has found antonio buehler not guiltyin a case that centered on the right to film police officers. antonio buehler used his phone to take photos of a woman crying out for help as police arrested her on new year's day in 2012. police then arrested him, and he was ultimately charged with failing to obey their order to put his hands down as he took photos. after more than five hours of deliberation, a jury acquitted buehler on wednesday evening. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the world health organization says liberia, the country worst-hit by an ebola epidemic, may be seeing a decline in the spread of the virus. while the number of burials and new admissions had fallen in liberia, who assistant director general dr. bruce aylward warned the international community must continue to step up its response to the virus that has killed around 5,000 people in west africa.