Five@slrpnk.net to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoRiot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
arrow-up1677arrow-down1imageRiot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin.slrpnk.netFive@slrpnk.net to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square136linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: texas@lemmy.world
minus-squaretheparadox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up89arrow-down1·2 years agoMore arrests of college students walking out of class and peacefully protesting the situation in Gaza. This time UT Austin.
minus-squareokamiueru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·2 years agoWhat do they need the riot police for?
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up56arrow-down1·2 years agoSpraying chemicals directly in the faces of nonviolent students and then beating the shit out of them with batons.
minus-squareDerArzt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 years agoAnd then trying to wipe it off the internet.
minus-squarePrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWait - that meme cop at UC Davis or wherever some years ago with the pepper spray? They tried to scrub that? Or a different one? Because that meme was everywhere - good luck with that one.
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThey tried to scrub that. Silly humans
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 years agoViolently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 years agoTo 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?!?
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoOr if a bunch of school students are about to be killed and they need a group of nutsacks to stand around and do nothing. These are the same dorks from Uvalde.
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoIt’s hard to crack down on dissent without them.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoBecause the American Power Elites believe Might Makes Right and the riot police are their most willful and most violent goons.
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoDepending on your biases, either to try and maintain order to prevent it from becoming a riot, or to intimidate and assault protestors. Given the history of police and protesting college kids, it’s probably supposed to be mostly an intimidation thing.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThey don’t, they just want to scare the kids into but expressing ideas they don’t like. Which is very illegal but they don’t care
More arrests of college students walking out of class and peacefully protesting the situation in Gaza. This time UT Austin.
What do they need the riot police for?
Spraying chemicals directly in the faces of nonviolent students and then beating the shit out of them with batons.
And then trying to wipe it off the internet.
Wait - that meme cop at UC Davis or wherever some years ago with the pepper spray? They tried to scrub that?
Or a different one? Because that meme was everywhere - good luck with that one.
They tried to scrub that. Silly humans
Violently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.
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?!?
Or if a bunch of school students are about to be killed and they need a group of nutsacks to stand around and do nothing.
These are the same dorks from Uvalde.
It’s hard to crack down on dissent without them.
Great question.
Because the American Power Elites believe Might Makes Right and the riot police are their most willful and most violent goons.
Depending on your biases, either to try and maintain order to prevent it from becoming a riot, or to intimidate and assault protestors.
Given the history of police and protesting college kids, it’s probably supposed to be mostly an intimidation thing.
To beat pregnant
They don’t, they just want to scare the kids into but expressing ideas they don’t like. Which is very illegal but they don’t care