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Riot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin. (slrpnk.net)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/texas@lemmy.world
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Edit: Name of University fixed.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 127 points 8 months ago

Fascists.

[-] FatTony@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 111 points 8 months ago

I appreciate the juxtaposition with the sign. Great image.

[-] agissilver@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

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@lemmy.world 105 points 8 months ago

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@lemmy.world 85 points 8 months ago

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@lemmy.world 80 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Change the world kids! No, not like that!

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[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 65 points 8 months ago

Cops don't belong on universities

[-] uis@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

What if they want to finally become literate?

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

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@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago

ACAB. Remember that when things get worse.

[-] _lilith@lemmy.world 56 points 8 months ago

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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[-] mojorizer@feddit.de 55 points 8 months ago

Land of the free.

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 51 points 8 months ago

ACAB

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Four dead in Ohio.

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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

[-] Hello_there@fedia.io 41 points 8 months ago

Get that photographer a pulitzer

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 36 points 8 months ago

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

[-] theparadox@lemmy.world 88 points 8 months ago

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

[-] okamiueru@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

What do they need the riot police for?

[-] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 55 points 8 months ago

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

[-] DerArzt@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

And then trying to wipe it off the internet.

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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago

Violently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago

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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[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

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

[-] graymess@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Great question.

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[-] gearheart@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] Superfool@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] Caitlyynn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 8 months ago

Brick time

[-] donescobar@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago

Guy in the center there forgot his gloves.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

This pic is going in future history books.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

Not any books sold in Texas.

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[-] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Somebody needs a pepsi!!

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