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Riot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/texas

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[–] TropicalDingdong 127 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fascists.

[–] FatTony 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I'm out of the loop on this one. What exactly is happening over there at University of Texas?

[–] [email protected] 75 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Pro Palestinian protests are getting quashed with a complete violation of freedom of assembly

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[–] Captain_Buddha 17 points 7 months ago

People protesting another war, and they feel more aggression is the right answer.

[–] [email protected] 111 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate the juxtaposition with the sign. Great image.

[–] agissilver 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This looks like it's right next to the student activity center so I'm guessing the sign is real. But good meme fodder.

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[–] hactar42 106 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Whenever I see things like this I think back to something Lewis Black once said back during the Occupy Wall Street protests. They had him on ABC or one of the major news stations and asked him what he thought about it. His answer was along the lines of, "When were the college kids ever wrong?"

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[–] cosmicrookie 85 points 7 months ago (1 children)

University protests was how Greece got rid of the military Junta in the 70s

They may seem futile but can be very powerful!

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[–] FMT99 80 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Change the world kids! No, not like that!

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago (20 children)

Cops don't belong on universities

[–] uis 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What if they want to finally become literate?

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Eh. There are times when a person in a uniform with some degree of authority on campus would be legitimately helpful, but they're never around for those moments.

UT campus rape was an epidemic when I was in school, back in the mid-'00s, and the police were notorious for just looking the other way.

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[–] Linkerbaan 62 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Fun fact: 91 of these DPS riot cops stood outside the Uvalde Texas elementary school shooting.

DPS was one of various local and state law enforcement agencies that responded to the Robb Elementary shooting on May 24, 2022. Ninety-one DPS personnel were at the school when law enforcement waited over an hour before breaching the classroom where the gunman was.

Video: University of Texas protestors chant Who Failed Uvalde? DPS!

[–] Delusional 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ah so if anyone with a gun showed up, they'd all run away.

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[–] FenrirIII 62 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ACAB. Remember that when things get worse.

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[–] _lilith 57 points 7 months ago (11 children)

Should we beat and arrest the students or maybe sever ties with a nation committing war crimes? Better get those students and arrest record, looks good on job interviews.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Land of the free.

[–] Ultragigagigantic 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Welcome to the United snakes, land of the thief, home of the slave

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver 51 points 7 months ago

ACAB

[–] ikidd 44 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Four dead in Ohio.

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[–] HootinNHollerin 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

University of Texas at Austin. There were protests of the Vietnam war there and the university put giant planters into the west mall where the protests were to reduce their size. They’re still there today. They always felt a bit out of place then I learned the history

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago

Get that photographer a pulitzer

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can someone OOTL this for me? What's going on in Texas?

[–] theparadox 88 points 7 months ago (1 children)

More arrests of college students walking out of class and peacefully protesting the situation in Gaza. This time UT Austin.

[–] okamiueru 23 points 7 months ago (10 children)

What do they need the riot police for?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Spraying chemicals directly in the faces of nonviolent students and then beating the shit out of them with batons.

[–] DerArzt 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And then trying to wipe it off the internet.

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[–] Passerby6497 53 points 7 months ago

Violently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.

[–] frunch 34 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To make it look like the protestors are violent. They wouldn't call in those troops if it weren't for those savage antisemitic protestors, right?!?

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[–] graymess 14 points 7 months ago

Great question.

[–] masquenox 14 points 7 months ago

It's hard to crack down on dissent without them.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (8 children)

So what happened with state law protecting speech activity on this campus?.…

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[–] Superfool 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Riot police is what you get when parents don't show their children love.

[–] Captain_Buddha 13 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Oh come now... there's a very real chance their parents loved them, and they still became assholes.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

Brick time

[–] badbytes 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This pic is going in future history books.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not any books sold in Texas.

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[–] donescobar 17 points 7 months ago

Greg Abbot isn’t having none of that free speech bs

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Guy in the center there forgot his gloves.

[–] EdibleFriend 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lurch in the back is wondering if they have waited long enough before they get to start killing people.