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Trevor Wolfgang Goodchild was born in Austin, Texas, Thursday, February 3rd 1983 at around 5:30 am. He graduated Gonzalo Garza Independence High School and as of January 2008 is attending Austin Community College for a degree in Geology. The bulk of his public work before “No More Killing” was grass roots activism for groups such as Texas Campaign for the Environment, Clean Water Action, and Texas Public Interest Research Group.

He has spoken at City Hall in Austin, Tx and in doing so was featured on Public Access television a number of times, including Sol Water’s show Sacre Bleu a couple of times.On February 5th, 2005 Goodchild was playing guitar in front of a closed down bar on 6th st, Austin’s entertainment district when he was approached by 3 police officers who demanded permit information for playing guitar there. Upon realizing he had no permit, they arrested him on charges that have been dismissed. According to sources, the APD were charged but exonerated of abuse of force claims. After

taking the guitar from Goodchild’s hands they shoved him on the ground

without a formal charge. Goodchild yelled “Rodney King, Rodney King!” several times, and didn’t stop until tasered 6 times.This event led Goodchild on a quest for justice in ATX, and put him in the public’s eye. The first magazine to cover this story was the Austin Chronicle in their “6th Street Blues,” then the Fort Worth Weekly, and the Associated Press. Channel 8 and Channel 36 news did features as well. Goodchild has spoken before the Texas Capitol, in front of the Committee Human Rights Commission.

The US Justice Dept investigated APD at one point, and requested Goodchild’s statement as well as part of their investigation.Trevor W Goodchild was featured as part of “No More Killing” documentary by Wolfgang Bergmann due to his experiences with APD. Goodchild also was an extra in “Man of the House” with Tommy Lee Jones and an independent film done by UT students called “Death Day.”In August of 2008 Goodchild won a scholarship to attend the National Hip Hop Political Convention (NHHPC) where Goodchild met Cynthia McKinney the Green Party’s Presidential Candidate and their vice Presidential Candidate, Rosa Clemente.While attending college, Goodchild won the Get Smart scholarship from Austin Community College during his first semester.

Besides being a student, Goodchild raps hiphop as Gnostic Prophet

and helps run a non-profit called the Better Hip Hop Bureau (www.hiphopbureau.org) and works with NHHPC as well as the Hip Hop Association. Ocassionally Goodchild performs at venues notorious for his freestyling abilities as Gnostic Prophet. BTG Entertainment hosted a contest Gnostic Prophet competed in for $1000 by freestyling on stage at The Parish, a nightclub on 6th st, in Austin, Texas's music district.

When not performing, Goodchild writes as a reporter for The Accent, ACC's newspaper, and does photography for them, since Jan 2008.

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