in higher education."

It is, in fact, that very diversity and independence of thought that Horne and the racist white Arizona power structure want to eradicate. Indeed, the Arizona Republican Party, in particular, wants to rip it up by the roots, all in a futile attempt to maintain Arizona as a white man's state.

I say futile because in 10 or 15 years' time, young people like Clark will have moved from the barricades to hold positions of influence themselves. And that terrifies the likes of bigots and opportunists such as Horne, state GOP Chairman Randy Pullen, Russell Pearce, and apparently Jan Brewer, as well as the fearful Caucasian community these leaders represent.

That's why these politicians are behind a law like 1070 that declares "attrition through enforcement" to be theAccountability Summit.” The group also regularly organizes cop-watch patrols in Austin.

Since the Peaceful Streets was launched, the movement has grown, with local chapters popping up in other cities and states across the United States, including Texas’s Tarrant County chapter, which the three cop watchers arrested in Arlington were affiliated with.

But as the Peaceful Streets movement spread, police retaliation against the groups, and particularly Buehler himself, also escalated.

“[The Austin Police Department (APD)] sees us as a threat primarily because we shine a spotlight on their crimes,” Buehler said.

The group recently obtained documents from the APD through an open records request that reveal Austin police colluded to arrest Buehler and other cop watchers affiliated with Peaceful Streets. Since the New Year’s Day incident, Buehler has been arrested three more times