If he plays his cards right Antonio could be in for a healthy payday.
Of course that's not the aspect of paramount importance here but it is a natural consequence of the trend towards cops gone feral. Those thugs need to lose their jobs.
Now thuggish cops are nothing new. I was a hellraiser in my youth and had plenty of confrontations with cops. I've been shot at, been bloodied and battered by them, and encountered more implicit threats to do bodily harm than you could shake a stick at. As a result I've never had much use for or respect of cops. I see them for what they are - thugs with a badge.
As I've gotten older I've learned how to ply the same waters as them without having them trying to take a bite out of me. Swim in the shadows, wear neutral colors, don't stand out, and don't give them an excuse to "F" you up.
Where Antonio went wrong wasn't that he took video of the Cops Gone Wild - it's that he was too overt in his actions which drew attention from them. Had it been me the cops wouldn't have ever known I was there. I would have taken the shots that showed their thuggish predilections and found a way to get it to the young lady - not unlike the anonymous Craiglslist videographer.
But that said, Antonio did nothing wrong and the cops know it. I bet there is a captain or commander somewhere crapping his pants in the full knowledge of how expensive this stupid stunt is going to be for their department.
And I hope that it is so expensive that it breaks them. That is the only way that thugs ever learn.
edit - the inevitable altard proofing