zaph ,
@zaph@sh.itjust.works avatar

thank you for making it your Texas

That was a fucking lie.

Bluefalcon ,

I feel like I seen this move. It was an older one though. Maybe it was made in the 70s or so.

PlantDadManGuy ,

Seems like the perfect time to pull the rug out and switch locations to protest at City Hall. Fuck these RoboCop clowns.

Digital_man ,

"Just me and my heavily armed boys" (smh)

casmael ,

Didn’t csny have something to say about this like fucking 50 years ago fml

max_adam ,

The irony of the message on the red stand banner.

SteefLem ,
@SteefLem@lemmy.world avatar

Aaahh look at these adorable wanna be somethings. Heros that ran in to a school when there was an active shooter killing little kids, look how proud they stand not shitting there pants because now there are no guns fireing.
Quick throw an acorn….

protist , (edited )

It should be noted these are State Troopers, who basically follow Abbott's orders these days, and are always itching to put on a show for the cameras, eg the one above. APD and UTPD don't seem to be involved in this.

Edit: UTPD was involved:

UT Police Assistant Chief Ashley Griffin issues a dispersal order to those present. That statement was read over campus loudspeakers, Ryan Chandler reports.

“I command you in the name of the People of the State of Texas to disperse, and if you do not, you shall be arrested for Violation of Penal Code Section 42.01 Disorderly Conduct, 42.02 Riot, 42.03 Obstructing a Highway or other passageway,” the order reads.

From everything I've seen, this was a peaceful, mobile protest that caused no disruptions until the police caused disruptions.

JoMiran ,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

Texas cops at an elementary school shooting: "Someone is armed and shooting! Imma stay hidden."

Texas cops at a peaceful, unarmed protest against genocide: "These boots were made for stomping, and that's just what they'll do."

Chefdano3 ,
@Chefdano3@lemm.ee avatar

Sound like the solution is the arm the protesters.

Rentlar ,

It makes sense, the protestors were clear and honest about their non-violent intentions, which is perfect as a target of oppression. They don't get any warning for real crimes like school shootings so there's nothing they can do, too bad.

psvrh ,
@psvrh@lemmy.ca avatar

The problem is that all this does is encourage protesters to come armed the next time.

PM_Your_Nudes_Please ,

Reposting this because it’s relevant here too: A scenario like this is what led to the formation of the Black Panthers during the civil rights era, and subsequently led to gun control laws being started by republicans. During the civil rights protests, people quickly realized that peaceful protests were violently broken. But heavily armed peaceful protests had police nervously watching from across the street.

Because police had no qualms about firing into an unarmed crowd to get people to disperse. But when the entire crowd is armed to the teeth and can immediately return fire, the police are suddenly okay with watching from afar. This was the start of the Black Panthers; a group who organized heavily armed protests.

When conservative lawmakers saw a bunch of heavily armed black people (and allies) on their front steps, and saw the police unwilling to break the protests, those conservative lawmakers got really fucking sweaty. So instead, they gave the police tools to arrest individual protestors. The Mulford Act was drafted and quickly passed. At the time, it was the most restrictive gun control law the country had ever seen. It was written by Ronald Reagan (yes, the same Ronald Reagan that the right uplifts as a paragon of conservative values,) and was supported by the NRA, (yes, the same NRA that lobbies for looser gun control laws in the wakes of school shootings.)

This gave the police the power to arrest individual protestors after the fact. Instead of firing into the crowd to disperse the protest, they would wait for the protest to end, follow the protestors home, then kick in their front doors while they were having dinner with their families. (Remember all of the “don’t bring your cell phone to protests because police will arrest you a week or two later if your phone was pinged nearby” messaging during the pandemic protests? Yeah…)

This led to the Black Panthers diving underground. They realized what was happening after protests, so they took efforts to guard their members’ identities. They pulled tactics straight out of anti-espionage textbooks. Randomized meeting places, so police couldn’t set up stings ahead of time. Code names, so arrested members couldn’t rat even if they wanted to. Fragmented info, so no one person (even the leaders) could take down the entire operation if busted. Coded messages. Dead drops. Et cetera, et cetera…

We’re on a rocket trajectory straight down that same pipeline now.

NovaPrime ,
@NovaPrime@lemmy.ml avatar

As they should. Police have shown their hand time and time again. Peaceful marchers and protesters get beaten, sprayed, and generally abused without consequence. Armed protesters, even those who go full on violent, are left alone and watched from a distance.

psvrh ,
@psvrh@lemmy.ca avatar

Boy, it’s amazing how responsive they are in when it's a bunch of students protesting war crimes, as opposed to a bunch of students cowering in classrooms trying to avoid getting shot.

chknbwl ,
@chknbwl@lemmy.world avatar

How else are the kids going to play dress-up with military surplus? Besides, e v e r y o n e knows a ceramic plate carrier is a prerequisite for dealing with any college student. Their words cut so deep.

Fedizen ,

You have to protect Ben Netanyahu from criticism. Nothing is more important.

InternetCitizen2 ,

There were two company of soldiers at Uvalde. Just a reminder.

Maggoty ,

What are you on about?

InternetCitizen2 ,

Cops like to play soldier. There were four hundred of them at Uvalde; two company worth.

Maggoty ,

Ah okay.

Lucidlethargy ,
@Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works avatar

The thin yellow line is certainly well documented at this point.

masterofn001 ,

Those aren't cops, those are street hockey players.

Game on.

InternetCitizen2 ,

Is it fair to fight in hockey?

ininewcrow ,
@ininewcrow@lemmy.ca avatar

If you show up with a hockey stick to this game .... you're gonna get shot.

masterofn001 ,

You can have anything you want
At Alice's restaurant

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