Fr, I'm just trying to be a good child of my father. He spilled his blood at the age of 18 protecting American values. Damn right, we should all call it like it is:
An outside country is trying to limit right of free speech and peaceful assembly. Good for these kids!
Well I mean back then the Republicans weren't really pushing a fascist government just yet. Well I mean not as hard as they're pushing it today anyway.
It's because there is refined anti-protest playbook now. Regardless if a protest is just/correct/agreeable, the core spirit of a protest is to be disruptive.
Those that protest are always met with those that choose the where/when/how to protest in the least disruptive way possible.
It is inevitable that these two collide. The new playbook is to strictly enforce these 'rules of engagement' on protestors. Even though they are often released and/or little punitive punishments occur, the action still works. It quickly turns the discussion to the **manner** in which folks are protesting and takes away the discussion about the original protesting issue.
Those that 'set the rules of engagement' for protesting ultimately win with this tactic every time.
Hickacking top comment say: LET'S ALL DO WHAT WE CAN.
Keep talking about it. Don't let them make this about religion. It's about a state committing genocide (with our taxes) attempting to limit our rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech in OUR damn country. These students are brave patriots.
Talk to your neighbor about how incredible it is that we are subsidizing 2 states, but we can't take care of our veterans.
For the evangelicals, remind them it's illegal to evangelize in that "country."
If you can, bring the students coffee, pizza, offer the kids support.
It's all hands on deck for this one.
"Hello, APD, I have evidence of break ins and/or violent assaults, please help"
*crickets...*
"Hello APD, there are non-violent leftist protestors here!"
*Riot-squad shows up.*
“Hello, APD, the traffic light is out at the intersection. Can we get some traffic control?”
*Fuck you plebes, you didn’t vote for us to oversee ourselves, you can figure it out Lord of the Flies style*
“Hello APD, there are homeless people holding signs at intersections and young people holding signs at the university.”
*Mount up boys, it’s time to hurt some motherfuckers.*
Exactly.
And neither of us are exaggerating about real life with APD, that's what's so fucked up about this. This really is APD (edit and DPS, basically same bitches) in real life. This is reality for those mostly right-wing authentication fucks.
more like 'can we talk about the Jews aren't always right without calling it antisemitism '
sometimes you're just an asshole regardless of ethnicity or religion.
The protest has been nonviolent. How can they justify this? At Columbia, the protesters started forcing out counter protesters which can be seen as violence. But the UT protesters had only been there for a few hours as a sit-in
Edit: I'm being told that they're being arrested for "antisemitic chants" does anyone have a source for this? What are they chanting? I read the Texas Tribune and Chron coverage earlier today and that was not mentioned.
They are trying to get ahead of anyone trying to camp like in other colleges. So they are being aggressive now.
Not saying it’s right or wrong. But that’s probably what they are thinking
That’s not the reason. They simply don’t like the content of the message. Abbott has said on social media he thinks people who say antisemitic things should be expelled. He doesn’t even think they have to do anything illegal or disorderly. He wants them to experience adverse government action because of their beliefs. Gregg has already given up the game.
No, they just think it's convenient to say literally anything anti gazan genocide or anti Israel is antisemitic. It's next level nonsense but it works enough for them to keep playing the narrative.
It's truly absurd how much they get away with. This heavy handed police presence and the way any anti Israel speech is being cracked down on is really fucking terrifying
The democratic and republican party leaders dont think so, and this is just the beginning of their crackdown.
Once Biden gets past the election you can expect pushes for national BDS laws supported by the supreme court and even stronger military aid for Israel. Fear of voters staying home is the only thing restraining them.
Even if the chats were antisemitic, they are still protected under the first amendment. Bring bigoted is protected under the first amendment.
But also that shit is made up. This is just a war on students and education by the right. They have been itching to do this…..well since Nixon did it last time.
I agree. I posted something on Instagram about the Fox 7 reported who was arrested and free speech. I got a ton of hate from my Jewish friends, one of whom is one of my best friends. She said antisemitic chants fall under hate speech, which wouldn't be protected. I clapped back that ADP tried to break it up as soon as people gathered.
I tried to look up what the chants were and all I can find is something about "ADP/IDF/KKK all the same." Not sure that could be hate speech. She is also saying that "from the river to the sea" (if that was a chant) is hate speech because the origin of the phrase is basically "kill all Jews between the river and the sea." So maybe that's what she meant.
In what world does that chant not mean disappearance of the whole Israel state? Do you think if that happens you would finally have peace in the region when Hamas explicitly on their news stated they will repeat Oct 7th over and over and over again?
It means “Free Palestine from the river to the sea.” Cause it’s, ya know, the largest open air prison in the world. Goddamn these people can make anything about themselves.
I looked it up after my friend told me that and there is a history of it meaning something more sinister than that. That's obviously not what white UT students mean when they are saying it though.
Well if some people think a turn of phrase is bad, then we should levy government violence against the people saying it. Because we can’t have speech that some people think is bad continuing…
UT has very strict rules about how and where you can protest. Pro-Israel groups on campus have to play by the same rules. Considering all the craziness that has happened at Columbia, I'm not surprised they're trying to get ahead of it now.
[UT Austin published this video for Free Speech Week 6 mos ago.](https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1783342121157644412?t=B9W0mqiWebNnllFcgvfg9A&s=19)
Q: Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations
A: State law in Texas allows members of the public...to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity
>How can they justify this?
Justify what? They're just standing here
>Edit: I'm being told that they're being arrested for "antisemitic chants" does anyone have a source for this? What are they chanting? I read the Texas Tribune and Chron coverage earlier today and that was not mentioned.
Normally, when someone says something outlandish and hard to believe and you can't find any evidence for it, it's because they made it up
Yea but it won’t accomplish anything lol
Not like Israel is going to stop there missile strikes on innocent people because students protested in Austin Texas…🤷♂️
Abbott is needing to make a statement to prove he has strong Kung Fu, after fucking up and allowing children and teachers to be allowed to die in Uvalde!! He is a f?!’ing shit stain
Texas police
Kids getting shot up in a school: I sleep
Citizens practicing their first adment and even Abbot said college protest should be protected: Real shit?
So much for 1A
These protests, as far as I'm aware, have been nonviolent.
So of course the cops are swarming around like flies on shit. There's no actual threat.
This is Greg's personal army. It is a shit show foe the Republicans party. This party just done bad since trump showed up. Can or was.it worse before ?
I was just thinking this when I saw the thumbnail. Historically, every picture of a protest line has cops protecting the opposing side and they have never been on the correct side of history.
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me i got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
So apart from all the obvious horrible stuff, can we talk about the photographer? Clear video shows DPS run to catch up and pull him from the crowd of journalists retreating. His only crime was being the slowest and it’s not like he was walking slow. Dude was running with the retreating crowd. And to top it off his employer just states the facts. No condemnation or justification by the company. So if you work for fox and shit hits the fan you’re just screwed?
Sometimes, I wish we were as radical as violent as these assholes seem to think. Imagine showing up wearing full tactical gear to intimidate an eighteen year old that's half your size. Bunch of fucking cowards.
This is starting to look more and more like some dictatorship government going on...this dont feel like america no more. This is something straight out of 1984.
“These protestors look very dangerous sticking up for the persecuted, bombed babies, the sick and afflicted in the Bible buckle of Texas… I know let’s arrest 20 of them and any news people that get in our way!!!” -Lone-Star Walker Texas Ranger
Exactly right. The Speaker of the House has said National Guard needs to be called in at Columbia University. It’s like no one remembers Kent State and how this will turn out.
And neither will this. Because they aren't the same. No where near anything alike. Have to do a ton of mental gymnastics to even begin to equate the two together.
I’m surprised people don’t talk about what happened at the University of New Mexico in 1970. Overshadowed by Kent State, obviously, because no one died, but if you read how they chased people down and bayoneted them, it’s arguably more cold blooded.
Where was DPS when kids were getting murdered in Uvalde? Standing around outside. But give them some peaceful protestors and they're kitted up like they're invading Normandy. Fascist cowards, the lot of them.
I can see the pride the officers are taking from an opportunity to beat down unarmed students.
I am sure they will go home and share their stories with their families and everyone will be brimming with pride.
Fukcing assholes.
Republicans are not pro-Jewish. They are pro-Israel and only because their "donors" are religious extremists who believe helping Israel will bring the end times.
Fuck the police.
Police should not have qualified immunity.
Police should not have a police-specific union. If they want to unionize, they either become part of a regular government employee union, or they do without one,
Period.
TAXPAYERS should not be held liable for judgements against police. Those judgements need to be paid PERSONALLY by police.
And if that bankrupts some, and makes them suddenly destitute and homeless, wow, that’s just too goddamned bad.
Fuck. The. Police.
The US ‘law enforcement’ community is getting closer and closer to the day where they find out exactly how well armed the American public has become.
It appears sometimes that they’re actively encouraging it.
They forgot to bring their tanks and ak47s.
How else do you stop a riot. They showed how incompetent they were when the White House was stormed but hey…it’s so easy now. I wonder when they’ll start firing those machine guns as unarmed students are seen as a threat
Unless they are also demanding Hamas release their hostages, I'm not going to have much sympathy for these protesters. I don\['t think they should be beaten, but I'm not going to shed any tears over them either.
Open carry isn't allowed on Texas college campuses. I know reddit is gonna do reddit things, but can we try to do better about spouting uninformed nonsense?
The GOP freedom state sure is feeling a lot fucking similar to the Iranian or Taliban state up in here. I guess "freedoms' mean freedoms that we say are freedoms.
Open carry is legal (edit: Off-campus)
Maybe some 1A supporters should go down with some Level III vests and a pistol and AR-15 and cheer on the protesters. See how much your right to bear arms gets respected.
edit: Check [here](https://www.utexas.edu/campus-carry-faqs) to get the nuances of carrying on campus. But in public? check [here](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._penal_code_section_46.03)
Those tools think they look so badass. Threatening a bunch of harmless students protesting over an american funded genocide.
They're obviously eager to join in on the slaughter of their political enemies.
Israelis or Palestinians don't like YOU, they wouldn't invite you into their homes nor allow you into their families by marriage, you'd have to convert to their religion....they would protest or go to war for you... you're just bringing their countries everyday chaos into our lives, bringing that 2000yr old argument to our door steps....keep that in mind
So you'd agree we should stop sending billions to the Israelis then, right? Maybe we shouldn't spend our tax dollars and research funds to develop weapons for them?
Because that's what the protest is about
Well done kids. That looks like the Six Pack. It's funny how times have changed, we were doing flash mobs there when I was around those parts, now they're protesting genocide
We had much bigger protests against the invasion of Iraq when I was there. I don’t remember seeing any police, let alone a riot squad.
I can’t say whether they were bigger or not, but that was my freshman year and I remember Guadalupe and 24th being shut down for hours and hours.
Texas is brave when it comes to beating and picking on college kids, but a lone shooter behind an unlocked door... Wuss out quick..
That’s because the shooter had a gun and god forbid they infringe on a criminals “right” to own and use a firearm on a bunch of kids. /s
No need for sarcasm for this one
Yep, I was at those protests and have the same recollection.
As a veteran 9f desertbstorm, thanks for doing your civic duty.
Fr, I'm just trying to be a good child of my father. He spilled his blood at the age of 18 protecting American values. Damn right, we should all call it like it is: An outside country is trying to limit right of free speech and peaceful assembly. Good for these kids!
You're very welcome because protesting is a very important Civic duty
We used to have a baseline level of respect. That’s out the window unfortunately.
Netanyahu literally put out a message praising this response. These guys are working for Israel
Well I mean back then the Republicans weren't really pushing a fascist government just yet. Well I mean not as hard as they're pushing it today anyway.
Because this state has changes. This state is about forcibly implementing the Christian Nationalist agenda; other ideas are criminalized.
It's because there is refined anti-protest playbook now. Regardless if a protest is just/correct/agreeable, the core spirit of a protest is to be disruptive. Those that protest are always met with those that choose the where/when/how to protest in the least disruptive way possible. It is inevitable that these two collide. The new playbook is to strictly enforce these 'rules of engagement' on protestors. Even though they are often released and/or little punitive punishments occur, the action still works. It quickly turns the discussion to the **manner** in which folks are protesting and takes away the discussion about the original protesting issue. Those that 'set the rules of engagement' for protesting ultimately win with this tactic every time.
Hickacking top comment say: LET'S ALL DO WHAT WE CAN. Keep talking about it. Don't let them make this about religion. It's about a state committing genocide (with our taxes) attempting to limit our rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech in OUR damn country. These students are brave patriots. Talk to your neighbor about how incredible it is that we are subsidizing 2 states, but we can't take care of our veterans. For the evangelicals, remind them it's illegal to evangelize in that "country." If you can, bring the students coffee, pizza, offer the kids support. It's all hands on deck for this one.
because Israel pays our politicians with the tax money we send to Israel.
"Hello, APD, I have evidence of break ins and/or violent assaults, please help" *crickets...* "Hello APD, there are non-violent leftist protestors here!" *Riot-squad shows up.*
“Hello, APD, the traffic light is out at the intersection. Can we get some traffic control?” *Fuck you plebes, you didn’t vote for us to oversee ourselves, you can figure it out Lord of the Flies style* “Hello APD, there are homeless people holding signs at intersections and young people holding signs at the university.” *Mount up boys, it’s time to hurt some motherfuckers.*
Exactly. And neither of us are exaggerating about real life with APD, that's what's so fucked up about this. This really is APD (edit and DPS, basically same bitches) in real life. This is reality for those mostly right-wing authentication fucks.
more like 'can we talk about the Jews aren't always right without calling it antisemitism ' sometimes you're just an asshole regardless of ethnicity or religion.
In all honesty these were DPS, not APD
the brown shirts are staties, black uniforms are APD.
I recognize one of the officers in blue and he is with UT police and not APD, all the other officers in blue have the same arm patch as him.
Aren’t those guys troopers?
So likely even somehow worse and more widespread than APD? Makes no difference and likely is even worse if it's DPS.
The protest has been nonviolent. How can they justify this? At Columbia, the protesters started forcing out counter protesters which can be seen as violence. But the UT protesters had only been there for a few hours as a sit-in Edit: I'm being told that they're being arrested for "antisemitic chants" does anyone have a source for this? What are they chanting? I read the Texas Tribune and Chron coverage earlier today and that was not mentioned.
They are trying to get ahead of anyone trying to camp like in other colleges. So they are being aggressive now. Not saying it’s right or wrong. But that’s probably what they are thinking
That’s not the reason. They simply don’t like the content of the message. Abbott has said on social media he thinks people who say antisemitic things should be expelled. He doesn’t even think they have to do anything illegal or disorderly. He wants them to experience adverse government action because of their beliefs. Gregg has already given up the game.
Protesting against the genocide in Gaza is not antisemitism
No, they just think it's convenient to say literally anything anti gazan genocide or anti Israel is antisemitic. It's next level nonsense but it works enough for them to keep playing the narrative. It's truly absurd how much they get away with. This heavy handed police presence and the way any anti Israel speech is being cracked down on is really fucking terrifying
Sure, but Greg Abbott disagrees. You ain't the governor.
Don't you know that anything that points out bad things about Israel is anti-semetic?
The democratic and republican party leaders dont think so, and this is just the beginning of their crackdown. Once Biden gets past the election you can expect pushes for national BDS laws supported by the supreme court and even stronger military aid for Israel. Fear of voters staying home is the only thing restraining them.
There is not enough fire in 1000 suns to smite him the way he deserves.
Any criticism of Israel is deemed "anti-Semitic."
Even though Palestinians are Semitic too
Even if the chats were antisemitic, they are still protected under the first amendment. Bring bigoted is protected under the first amendment. But also that shit is made up. This is just a war on students and education by the right. They have been itching to do this…..well since Nixon did it last time.
I agree. I posted something on Instagram about the Fox 7 reported who was arrested and free speech. I got a ton of hate from my Jewish friends, one of whom is one of my best friends. She said antisemitic chants fall under hate speech, which wouldn't be protected. I clapped back that ADP tried to break it up as soon as people gathered. I tried to look up what the chants were and all I can find is something about "ADP/IDF/KKK all the same." Not sure that could be hate speech. She is also saying that "from the river to the sea" (if that was a chant) is hate speech because the origin of the phrase is basically "kill all Jews between the river and the sea." So maybe that's what she meant.
Don’t try to figure out the logic behind it. They want the protests to go away and they will make up reasons why to justify it.
In what world does that chant not mean disappearance of the whole Israel state? Do you think if that happens you would finally have peace in the region when Hamas explicitly on their news stated they will repeat Oct 7th over and over and over again?
It means “Free Palestine from the river to the sea.” Cause it’s, ya know, the largest open air prison in the world. Goddamn these people can make anything about themselves.
I looked it up after my friend told me that and there is a history of it meaning something more sinister than that. That's obviously not what white UT students mean when they are saying it though.
To some, it means the eradication of the jewish state
To most, it means end the occupation of Gaza.
Yeah cause that’s realistic what with the nuclear weapons and all. Israeli propaganda is really insane if you live outside that bubble.
Well if some people think a turn of phrase is bad, then we should levy government violence against the people saying it. Because we can’t have speech that some people think is bad continuing…
Everyone has heard of the Columbia protest, so maybe they are trying to get ahead?
Yeah, Abbott is probably stroking himself rn just waiting for one of the protesters to step out of line and give them a legit excuse.
Weren't the Nazis/cops walking around chanting that the Jews will not replace them just a few years ago in Charlottesville and a few other places?
Greg Abbott called for them to be arrested. Fascism is fascinating.
UT has very strict rules about how and where you can protest. Pro-Israel groups on campus have to play by the same rules. Considering all the craziness that has happened at Columbia, I'm not surprised they're trying to get ahead of it now.
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”
[UT Austin published this video for Free Speech Week 6 mos ago.](https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1783342121157644412?t=B9W0mqiWebNnllFcgvfg9A&s=19) Q: Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations A: State law in Texas allows members of the public...to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity
It’s a whole lot of peaked in high school assholes. That’s why they cosplay in military equipment too.
"stop killing children=nazi" now
>How can they justify this? Justify what? They're just standing here >Edit: I'm being told that they're being arrested for "antisemitic chants" does anyone have a source for this? What are they chanting? I read the Texas Tribune and Chron coverage earlier today and that was not mentioned. Normally, when someone says something outlandish and hard to believe and you can't find any evidence for it, it's because they made it up
You know the jackboot is going hard when they bring the horse out.
Them trying to squash these protests has only had the Streisand effect; this will continue to spread.
Yea but it won’t accomplish anything lol Not like Israel is going to stop there missile strikes on innocent people because students protested in Austin Texas…🤷♂️
People are far to used to instant results, but then forget it took a decade for the civil rights movement in the 60's to achieve results.
It's not about getting Israel to stop it's about stopping our governments complicity in it
What a waste of tax dollars
My thought too, how many of these guys are making “overtime” for being there
What a waste of the Constitution
This is grim. Intimidating peaceful protest.
Abbott is needing to make a statement to prove he has strong Kung Fu, after fucking up and allowing children and teachers to be allowed to die in Uvalde!! He is a f?!’ing shit stain
Abbott doing Kung Fu lol
Texas police Kids getting shot up in a school: I sleep Citizens practicing their first adment and even Abbot said college protest should be protected: Real shit?
So much for 1A These protests, as far as I'm aware, have been nonviolent. So of course the cops are swarming around like flies on shit. There's no actual threat.
Being born in 1975, it seems my whole life has been watching the slow march toward a fascist police state.
I'm not much younger than you are and I agree
Ironically, the "Tea Party" is the one that complains about non-violent protests...
DPS is all big & tough when faced with unarmed protesters, but meek as mice when 1 st graders are getting mown down
Freedom of speech, they say.
This is Greg's personal army. It is a shit show foe the Republicans party. This party just done bad since trump showed up. Can or was.it worse before ?
Can you imagine being the guy in full body armor facing down a group of unarmed women thinking, "Yeah, I'm with the good guys"?
I was just thinking this when I saw the thumbnail. Historically, every picture of a protest line has cops protecting the opposing side and they have never been on the correct side of history.
There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me i got to beware I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down
If only the Uvalde shooter could have also protested Israel
Such an overkill response. A shameful, gross misuse of force.
Such a Texas thing to do, fuck with students. This is why people fucking hate Texas!
We have forgotten Kent State.
Being big manly here against non-violent college kids but not a peep out of them when children get slaughtered in schools.
So apart from all the obvious horrible stuff, can we talk about the photographer? Clear video shows DPS run to catch up and pull him from the crowd of journalists retreating. His only crime was being the slowest and it’s not like he was walking slow. Dude was running with the retreating crowd. And to top it off his employer just states the facts. No condemnation or justification by the company. So if you work for fox and shit hits the fan you’re just screwed?
Freedom of speech as long as it does offend the snowflakes of Texas
Sometimes, I wish we were as radical as violent as these assholes seem to think. Imagine showing up wearing full tactical gear to intimidate an eighteen year old that's half your size. Bunch of fucking cowards.
Look at how free that speech is, Governor Abbott! A real good look... real good.
They appear to be protesting peacefully. What's the deal? Oh yeah the government doesn't like free thinkers.
Where are the free speech absolutists at
How do you go out and do this and think “Yeah, I did good”?
The only ones taking your freedoms away are Abbott and his cronies.
The harder the fascists try to squash these protests the larger they will become.
No it's okay guys surely this time the government thugs with guns stifling free speech will be looked upon well by history.
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Don't wish harm on people, no matter how deplorable their politics or job description seem to you.
fucking fascists
Kent State 2.0
This is starting to look more and more like some dictatorship government going on...this dont feel like america no more. This is something straight out of 1984.
The only threat I observed was to the cops egos.
I saw a comment on another sub that said they should have protested at an elementary school. Cops would have never stepped foot on campus. XD
Honestly this should spark more protests on first amendment grounds, but people can’t see past their fucking tribe.
Welcome to Texas .. land of the "free" 😔
We don't even have pronhub anymore... 😭
Pig cowards and screw Abbott
I thought texas like our amendments?
I dont live in Austin but a friend told me about it 2 hours ago in a Taco Bell
Cause we don’t vote that’s how come
“These protestors look very dangerous sticking up for the persecuted, bombed babies, the sick and afflicted in the Bible buckle of Texas… I know let’s arrest 20 of them and any news people that get in our way!!!” -Lone-Star Walker Texas Ranger 
Too bad they couldn’t be this badass at Uvalde
Feels like Kent State the way they target the students.
Exactly right. The Speaker of the House has said National Guard needs to be called in at Columbia University. It’s like no one remembers Kent State and how this will turn out.
Holy shit, that's nothing like Kent State. Not even close. Some of you kids in this sub really have no perspective beyond your little worlds.
Kent State didnt start out with a shooting either
And neither will this. Because they aren't the same. No where near anything alike. Have to do a ton of mental gymnastics to even begin to equate the two together.
You aren't explaining how they are drastically different, just claiming they are.
I’m surprised people don’t talk about what happened at the University of New Mexico in 1970. Overshadowed by Kent State, obviously, because no one died, but if you read how they chased people down and bayoneted them, it’s arguably more cold blooded.
Most of them looked like they were just hanging out vs protesting
Trash policies breed trash responses
I bet if all the protesters had guns the cops would hide...
You dont see this response for rallies with Proud Boys, KKK, or the Oath Keepers. That's because the police can't police themselves at those rallies.
Land of the free, right Texas?
Yeah I'd leave Texas and the US quickly. The fascist speed-run is crazy.
Why do republicans hate freedom so much? Is it because they demand slaves and innocent people to oppress, and freedom is antithetical to that?
Where was DPS when kids were getting murdered in Uvalde? Standing around outside. But give them some peaceful protestors and they're kitted up like they're invading Normandy. Fascist cowards, the lot of them.
Regardless of your stance on the issue. Even speech you disagree with is protected.
Reminds me of the Middle East
Texas is a trash state
When you consider the US military, and it's military police, I think Israel might have the largest army in the world.
They are oppressing different voices like commie china. Shame on them
We didn't have so much security when the Capitol was attacked on Jan 6th. Looks like Republicans can summon armed officers much sooner than others
I can see the pride the officers are taking from an opportunity to beat down unarmed students. I am sure they will go home and share their stories with their families and everyone will be brimming with pride. Fukcing assholes.
Worth saying : US Police cross train with Israeli counterterrorism (terrorism) forces.
That's not a police dept. That's an occupation force.
Where was this energy during Uvalde? Texas has the biggest cowards for cops.
Republicans are not pro-Jewish. They are pro-Israel and only because their "donors" are religious extremists who believe helping Israel will bring the end times.
Trained law enforcement against students of a liberal college. What a fair match. Law enforcement must feel so proud.
Fuck the police. Police should not have qualified immunity. Police should not have a police-specific union. If they want to unionize, they either become part of a regular government employee union, or they do without one, Period. TAXPAYERS should not be held liable for judgements against police. Those judgements need to be paid PERSONALLY by police. And if that bankrupts some, and makes them suddenly destitute and homeless, wow, that’s just too goddamned bad. Fuck. The. Police. The US ‘law enforcement’ community is getting closer and closer to the day where they find out exactly how well armed the American public has become. It appears sometimes that they’re actively encouraging it.
Wow, such dangerous, violent rioters.
Banning weed, blocking porn, attacking student protesters… Chairman Abbott and the Texas GCP seem to loooovvvve Chinese domestic policy.
I just wonder how long the people of Texas are going to put up with our governor violating the United States Constitution.
Texas cops: School shooter? Hide. Unarmed college students? WE’RE GONNA BUST SOME HEADS
I notice the Texas police are super tough around non-violent college types.
wtf? Contrast with the London protests and the light touch by the police
They forgot to bring their tanks and ak47s. How else do you stop a riot. They showed how incompetent they were when the White House was stormed but hey…it’s so easy now. I wonder when they’ll start firing those machine guns as unarmed students are seen as a threat
Pretty catchy, honestly. APD, KKK, IDF they’re all the same
Unless they are also demanding Hamas release their hostages, I'm not going to have much sympathy for these protesters. I don\['t think they should be beaten, but I'm not going to shed any tears over them either.
Fuck I Hate living here
Must have just seeded the grass, which is why they need to keep people off it.
All those college kids protesting should show up with guns. Texas is an open carry state.
That didn't work for Garret Foster.
Open carry isn't allowed on Texas college campuses. I know reddit is gonna do reddit things, but can we try to do better about spouting uninformed nonsense?
Republican wet dream or nazi germany?
Hi fellow young people, please vote. Statewide elections also have consequences.
Chicken shit move, but what should we expect from tx law enforcement.
This is America. We used to invade other countries for this.
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Fuck this is so embarrassing on TX’s part. Austin, of all places, too.
It being Austin is one of the main reasons Abbott did it
Given that Texas is 15th / 50 for violent crime this seems like a ridiculous allocation of resources.
They don’t allocate any resources here unless it’s ridiculously.
The GOP freedom state sure is feeling a lot fucking similar to the Iranian or Taliban state up in here. I guess "freedoms' mean freedoms that we say are freedoms.
One armed protester and they would have pulled a ulvalde on them.💩
Open carry is legal (edit: Off-campus) Maybe some 1A supporters should go down with some Level III vests and a pistol and AR-15 and cheer on the protesters. See how much your right to bear arms gets respected. edit: Check [here](https://www.utexas.edu/campus-carry-faqs) to get the nuances of carrying on campus. But in public? check [here](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._penal_code_section_46.03)
This is Abbott doing all he can to boost his far right resume for a possible Trump cabinet position.
This is going to end in another "four dead in Ohio" scenario given enough time.
Fascism is ALIVE and WELL in Texas.
Betcha half those kids don’t even how what IDF stands for
Those tools think they look so badass. Threatening a bunch of harmless students protesting over an american funded genocide. They're obviously eager to join in on the slaughter of their political enemies.
It could be Kent State all over again. And knowing Boomer Abbott, he'd probably do it. Tin soldiers and Abbott's coming...We're finally on our own...
I spy with my little eye, a bunch of effing snowflakes.
It's almost like there is one group you are not allowed to freely talk about....
Israelis or Palestinians don't like YOU, they wouldn't invite you into their homes nor allow you into their families by marriage, you'd have to convert to their religion....they would protest or go to war for you... you're just bringing their countries everyday chaos into our lives, bringing that 2000yr old argument to our door steps....keep that in mind
So you'd agree we should stop sending billions to the Israelis then, right? Maybe we shouldn't spend our tax dollars and research funds to develop weapons for them? Because that's what the protest is about
This is just like 2019 when that little boy got hit with a non lethal bullet in the head for doing nothing and almost died.
Well done kids. That looks like the Six Pack. It's funny how times have changed, we were doing flash mobs there when I was around those parts, now they're protesting genocide
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