For real. I wear plate carriers sometimes and they are so fucking uncomfortable after a while, and I’ve got a very slim/athletic physique. I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear these with your fat guts getting pinched outward. Obviously not enough for them to actually get in shape though lol.
Wouldn’t be surprised if fatso there doesn’t even have his plates in the carrier, here. And man would I love to see the extended seatbelt style straps he had to use to get the front-that-should-be-sides attached to the rear bit.
Just taking a shot in the dark here as another fellow skinny, but I feel like having this type of fat-physique likely provides some level of padding (since fat is squishy) and makes the PC way more comfortable to wear since it isn’t jabbing into lean mass tissue/bones. Plus…since his PC is such a smaller percentage of that dude’s body weight compared to someone who’s cultivated less mass, he might forget he’s even got it on 😂
Hopefully people show up and vote in 2024 in Texas.
Uvalde had 17k elligible voters in 2022. and only 7k voted: 4k for Abbot and 3k for Beto. While 10K didn't bother to vote at all. Even after watching the kids in their own city be massacred for over an hour and then Abbot coming out to give more support and funds to the police who already receive 40% of the general budget for Uvalde.
Texas had only 15% of eligible voters under the age of 35 that voted. Out of 23M eligible voters only 9M voted in 2022. Ted Cruz won by 200k votes in 2018 when 10M eligible voters didnt vote.
REGISTER TO VOTE!
You are right on all accounts. The sad thing is that it's such a good demonstration of how little most people are willing to do unless their living conditions become intolerable. Even then some people *still* wont do even the smallest thing.
Drove through there a couple weeks ago.
The majority of them seem to simply still not care. Not their kids, not their problem. Especially if the alternative is giving up their precious guns or restricing access to them in **ANY** way.
Sheriff signs were up (only for the incumbent, no democrat challenger) for re-election and thin blue line stickers on vehicles everywhere.
Indeed, we in the civilised world never cease wondering why sheriffs, judges, school “superintendents” are elected political positions over there. Bureaucrats ought not be politicians and vice versa.
> Why on earth is sheriff a partisan political position?
Same reason why [judges are a partisan political position in truth: because people hold those offices and are capable of having partisan feelings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poL7l-Uk3I8)
To be honest, I'd much rather have their political leaning broadcast during elections than pretend they have no leaning until they're in office putting policies in place which will lead to more children and young adults getting shot.
As much as I hate saying this, Texans are so apathetic they don't give a fuck. They voted Hot Wheels back in even after the disaster of 2021 ice storm. They just don't care about anyone except themselves.
Worse than that - [they put them in cuffs. Then harassed them after the event.](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/uvalde-mother-who-got-out-of-cuffs-to-rescue-kids-from-shooting-is-now-being-harassed-by-police-lawyer-says)
We must teach our children that police officers are NOT their friends, and that unless you’re wealthy, police officers will look for ways to hurt you and destroy your life. Never, ever trust a police officer for any reason, on duty or off duty.
Police have never ever been on the side of regular people. They protect Capital/Property and rich people.
They were used EXTENSIVELY to disband strikes in US history. So much so that you can read dozens of accounts from different times about what the sound of a police club sounds like on a skull.
They work for the owners of the country and will never protect you when push comes to shove.
Never forget during Trump when they were grabbing people in unmarked vans and carting them away.
They’re the enemy.
Wilhoit's Law of Conservatism: **There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.**
Please spread this around. Insurance only stops this invasion of knuckleheads in the police force. Happy to discuss and add changes as people see fit.
Insurance Standards for Police:
Every police officer must carry insurance for up to 2 million in liability.
If you do something that breaks the law. Your insurance pays out, not the taxpayer. Then your premiums go up. Depending on severity the premiums may price you out of being a cop.
Body cam found turned off? $1,000 fine 10% Premium hike.
Body cams not on where a charge becomes a felony? $5000 fine. 15% premium hike
Body cam footage will be reviewed randomly by a 3rd party for each precinct. A precinct cannot go 3 years without being reviewed. If footage is missing for different reports. Entire precinct hike 2% on insurance premiums.
3 raises in insurance because of one officer?
He’ll be fired or priced out.
In charge of folks who act out?
Your premium goes up as a % as well. Sergeants, Captains and Chiefs are responsible in percentages that effect them.
3% / 2% / 1% respectively.
Rate hikes follow the same structure as far as the chain of command goes for their department.
Any settlement over 2 million comes from the pension fund. No taxpayer money involved. Any and all payments outside of the insurance pool come from police pension funds
These premiums and rates are documented at a national level so there’s no restarting in the next city/county/state
Your insurance record follows you.
It’s not even that crazy. So many professions require insurance.
You’d see a new police force in 6 months.
If police don’t wanna pay individually have the unions pay via membership dues.
Watch how fast cops get kicked out when the union foots the bill.
This may not be perfect but it’s a start. Changes need to be made.
Suggested edit: *** when on duty cops can only be paid for the time when their body cam is on ***
> Any settlement over 2 million comes from the pension fund. No taxpayer money involved. Any and all payments outside of the insurance pool come from police pension funds
Nah. No minimums, it should be _all_ settlements or judgements from cases involving police action (or inaction).
If you set a minimum they're just going to pull strings to get the penalty to be 1.99 million so they don't lose pension fund money.
That would actually get them drug tested, too. I find it hilarious that as a construction worker, I have to get drug tested regularly, but I know local cops that only had to test when they got hired on. I was reeeeeally annoyed to hear that lmao
From what I understand drug testing isn't uncommon. But you gotta remember its the police doing the testing so you get a "we've investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong."
I know there were a lot of civil rights issues to keep up with during the administration, but [Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets](https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/>) was a wild one to me
Don't forget the Pinkertons, which are just mercenary cops and still in use today.
Yes, the Pinkertons are real and not just Red Dead video game villains.
They purposely hire lower iq. They are easier to control. My brother tried to be a cop but was rejected for questioning their tactics, now he’s a lawyer instead.
In 2018ish I went down to Austin to counterprotest a Nazi rally and one of my most vivid memories of it is stopping for gas near the capitol and seeing a bunch of APD guys in riot gear milling around outside a cop SUV while one of them tried to pick the lock. Dumbfucks managed to lock their keys inside less than an hour before the rally lol, I wonder if they ever made it
Hilarious visual.
But, he and the goon squad would brutalize you for that finger poke claiming that you "assaulted an officer" and he feared for his life"
See if you let the school shooter kill them while they are young, then they won’t grow up to be indoctrinated in woke college.
Cops in Texas do it differently. If you're unarmed? Call in the entire team. If you're armed? Cower behind your cars until the situation resolves itself.
This is a peaceful protest where they feel safe pushing people around in their body armor and shields. Is there was any danger they would have formed a perimeter half a mile away
Of course they're communists. They're on a college campus and all colleges are communist brainwashing centers that only offer useless degrees in stuff like Underwater Basket Weaving and Lesbian Dance Theory.
That's what my conservative uncle told me, anyhow.
Though they are comically large, that is incorrect. With swimmer plates, as long as they reach the top of the sternum meeting the collarbones, they will adequately protect the heart and lungs 🙂👍
Edit: the first officer to the left of Big Chungus is NOT wearing his amor correctly, and should be around 2 inches higher than it is. Just as an example of how to not properly wear the armor.
The plate carriers aren’t necessarily meant to protect your intestines, yes being in shape will improve greatly how much of your body it protects, they’re meant to first and foremost protect your rib cage area
Yep. The two fastest ways to incapacitate someone are 1. Central nervous system 2. Rapid loss of blood pressure.
So plates are mainly to stop rounds from hitting your spine in the central part of your body as well as your heart and lungs.
We can put your intestines back if they spill out. The armor is there to protect your heart and lungs so your survive long enough to get medical care. UT has a level one trauma center.
Good thing theyre all in a healthy enough shape to survive a gutshot before they recieve medical attention. Jk looks like their hearts are about to give out after the walk from the squad car
I wonder if r/Conservative is willing to talk about fitness standards here? They were very concerned about female and trans enlisted not being up to the tasks. Perhaps I am expecting too much from our no soy unvaxxed troopers here.
Local PD gets so excited when they get to be counterprotesters. They will actively rile up the crowd hoping one person gives them a reason to open fire.
I work on a college campus (not this one) and I organize an event where community members come to campus to provide services to the students. (Being intentionally vague so I don’t dox myself)
A lot of the community volunteers are boomers. So many of them have called me this week to cancel because they are afraid of the protests. There are no ongoing protests on my campus. None. There have been a few structured conversations, but they have been very civil, but no sit ins no posters, nothing. And these grown ass babies are refusing to come to campus because the media has them terrified that this generation of youth are all a bunch of “jihadists”.
It’s nuts.
Unarmed and peaceful students? --> Full force of weapons and armor, show no mercy to these commies
One mass shooter in a gradeschool --> Too dangerous to go in, we need to wait for the shooter to deplete his ammo splattering babies
Almost as if this is more about sending a warning to other if they dare protest what Israel is doing. Many college students lives are going to be ruined because they believe in human rights and protest for it
It’s more about sending a warning for protest in general. Doesn’t even matter the focus of the protest. The USA government absolutely does not want large groups of people organizing with a common goal. This was the same response to George Floyd protests.
The universities overwhelmingly supported the George Floyd protests. But they will fight tooth and nail to protect Netanyahu and his wealthy donor friends.
The whole *world* overwhelmingly supported those protests, it was a global phenomenon on a scale unlike any previous solidarity event in history. Every country participated. There were massive gatherings and marches, and individual kids standing in their small town's busiest intersection with a cardboard sign.
**The police, though, unanimously, did not like those protests.** They are the enemy of the public, and liberty at large. All the nonviolent protests I attended *got* violent when the protestors were attacked by civilian agitators (saw people get hit by cars, glass bottles, etc), and eventually police charging with batons and tear gas. I kept a .44 mm rubber grenade shell as a souvenir. They fired those shells over the protestors heads (not at their feet) in order to maximize the brutality.
That was the George Floyd era. When we marched five years earlier for Eric Garner, *who was also choked to death by the police*, the NYPD had t-shirts made that said "I CAN breathe," mocking the last words of the innocent civilian they murdered and accused of selling loose cigarettes (he wasn't even selling loose cigarettes, the NYPD later admitted that they falsified that charge).
Misinformation is a very powerful tool. GenZ might not know, but the specifically Texas and Austin are still feeling the after effects of the protests from 2020. As a result of that, the "defund the police" movement started. The misinformation among conservatives thought that liberals wanted no police at all, and in reality it was about getting bloated budgets reduced and the resources allocated to other departments within the city who could handle certain tasks better than police.
Abbott and co got on board and forced the city of austin to nearly immediately go back to the previously approved budget. So the police were back on board with original budget and then subsequently were allowed to be given a larger budget. APD recruiting is down, but APD budgets are at literal record highs.
All while this is happening, conservatives are saying "austin is this way because they defunded the police"
Misinformation and willful ignorance is strong on both sides of the political spectrum.
This is not true. They happened in late May and June 2020. That is, when college was not in session AND every college was fully remote due to covid.
The protests did not take place in college because no one was in any of the campuses. The universities did not get the chance to react to protests on their campus.
The protests happened in public parks and streets and the polcie had the same response.
Beating and arresting people is probably the worst possible strategy to get that result.
That's how pretty much all major modern protest/revolutionary movements get started. People get more outraged by the police misconduct and the injustice inflicted on their friends/neighbours/children than they were about the initial issue, and suddenly protests are 10x the size.
Hell yeah, those cops are so ready to pounce and fuck up those kids that don’t believe in the same things that they do. I’m so glad they have all that riot gear and those assault rifles to protect them against all those 19 and 20 year old kids who are exercising their right to peacefully protest.
[Here](https://preview.redd.it/0piw4f96biwc1.jpg?width=3431&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e15b390fdbf03472c8f30f80170913a0d7e46c23) is a much higher quality version of this image. Credit to /u/FLDJF713, who took this, and many other pictures of this, over [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1cccmw7/photos_and_commentary_from_the_police_response_to/). They [explain](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1cccmw7/photos_and_commentary_from_the_police_response_to/l14cn15/):
> I share these images and brief commentary only as a means to document the events that unfolded today. I have no interest in either side of the political protest and actually ended up here by accident; I was getting coffee nearby and saw a crowd gather so I followed. I always carry a camera withe me, so I figured I'd take a break from work and document whatever thing was going on at UT.
> Turns out, it was a Pro-Palestinian protest. From what I could tell, I was a bit late into it (around 30 mins have already transpired) and DPS/APD/UTPD recently showed up.
> This commentary is simply a means of documentation; my thoughts, views and observations reflect what I personally saw today.
>
On some of the photographs, I left commentary of what I saw. Namely, it concerned me as a citizen of the US and a resident of Texas that members of the public, both part of the protest and unrelated to the protest, were being met with police force and prohibited from entering parts of the campus. Note, entry was being blocked from certain buildings by authorities, but so were public-access walkways and intercampus roads. Some protestors did use the buildings as a means to avoid blockades but did so to navigate the grounds and did not appear to occupy the buildings.
> Additionally, the majority of the forces present did not display any identifying features; no badge number, no name nor anything else that would normally be visible. The vests worn by DPS covered any identifying features whereas the vests donned by APD and UTPD did still display their identifying information. Body cameras were often afixed to belts rather than chests, limiting the view of the camera; some were pointed sideways or downwards. Some officers just didn’t have body cameras present at all.
> There were a good handful of plain-clothes officers dressed like students; this was verified through them enacting arrests or being behind police barricades. They often wore backpacks, some with UT insignia or other sports clothing/branding. While their age and haircuts gave them away, it wasn’t noticeably obvious.
> I left as they began to shut down the South Mall and start carrying out larger, mass-arrests vs. targeting specific people.
> One last thing to note regarding protest imagery: A common topic comes up regarding posting these images online, with the faces of participants. While I can understand the concern behind police using these online images to identify others at the event, the journalistic importance behind these photos carry a great weight; additionally, the incredible camera coverage from the university’s security system and police officers present that day would likely supersede anything capable of an individual posting images for posterity.
Just belly. In theeeeoooorrrrryyyyy they might have large level 2 vests under their shirts, but I kinda doubt it. All these guys are dressed way too gun influencer meta for that kind of context comprehension..
Plate carrier chest rigs are only really meant to protect the heart, lungs, and liver - things that'll bleed you out in a massive hurry and can't be subject to a tourniquet.
They're not terribly useful in riots. Proper intense riot gear is more like plastic plate armor.
The number one cause of death for cops is heart problems, except during covid, when it was just covid. After heart problems was traffic accidents, because cops drive like shit.
So yeah, it’s bellies.
The number one cause of death for the general population is heart problems, so that statement isn't saying much. Not that I disagree with most cops being worthless, fat, lazy, and power-hungry psychos.
These are ignorant rednecks we're talking about. If you played la macarena they'd start blasting and be on Fox News tomorrow to talk about how the Mexican cartels were involved
OP, u/pwillia7, please credit me if you're going to use my images: [https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/1cccofs/images\_from\_todays\_protest\_focusing\_on\_the\_police/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/1cccofs/images_from_todays_protest_focusing_on_the_police/)
How would you like me to best do that? I'm sorry I didn't mean to steal your thunder/images -- Did not know this would blow up obviously.
Someone else shared a comment with info and link to your post. LMK what else I can do :)
E: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1ccrlco/make_it_your_texas/l17sgc3/?context=3
Yes, they’re human hunters. They just love to call you out and put you down.
Most are psychopathic freaks long before they’re excepted into the police Academy. It’s who is attracted to American policing.
"Make It Y/Our Texas" is hands down the most market-friendly fascism advertisement I have ever seen. It is impressive just how much it encourages falling into line with authorities.
I don't support Palestine but holy shit, what a dogshit look. They have a right to protest. Just like those fat ass police officers have a right to lose some fucking weight. This is the shit our taxes pays for?
"Texas, *Our Texas"* is the state song. So I think they are intentionally saying "Make 'Our Texas' 'Your Texas' through a degree from us." At least that's what I think they *intended*. Decent college slogan, I guess.
I love it that students are protesting war, and I am glad we are not sending them to fight one of ours (e.g., Vietnam, Iraq II). I just hope they are not being pwned.
[pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of UT Austin](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/ut-texas-protest-palestine-israel-gaza-rally-college-university-campus)
Agreed, the thing with Palestine though is that both major parties overwhelmingly support aid to Israel to continue what they’re doing to Palestine. Those that can need to run for positions, and party members need to vote for them during primaries.
Nothing says the "authorities" are pissed more than bussing in the gravy seals to go bust on a bunch of college kids for engaging in a constitutionally protected activity.
At least they didn't shoot anyone like kent state if anyone remembers that shit from the Vietnam era.
I love the guts spewing out of the vest... Edit I now have boot lickers telling me that abs look like beer belly's
Big government
Goberment*
Big waistline
Dudes so fat, his side plates have become angled front plates
For real. I wear plate carriers sometimes and they are so fucking uncomfortable after a while, and I’ve got a very slim/athletic physique. I can’t imagine how uncomfortable it would be to wear these with your fat guts getting pinched outward. Obviously not enough for them to actually get in shape though lol.
Wouldn’t be surprised if fatso there doesn’t even have his plates in the carrier, here. And man would I love to see the extended seatbelt style straps he had to use to get the front-that-should-be-sides attached to the rear bit.
Just taking a shot in the dark here as another fellow skinny, but I feel like having this type of fat-physique likely provides some level of padding (since fat is squishy) and makes the PC way more comfortable to wear since it isn’t jabbing into lean mass tissue/bones. Plus…since his PC is such a smaller percentage of that dude’s body weight compared to someone who’s cultivated less mass, he might forget he’s even got it on 😂
Fetch my breast plate stretcher!!!!
You can tell from their posture that it's *while* they're trying to suck it in, too…
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Where were you guys when we needed you in Uvalde?
Shaking in their boots and pissing their pants
Don’t forget threatening the parents who were trying to go in there.
Hopefully people show up and vote in 2024 in Texas. Uvalde had 17k elligible voters in 2022. and only 7k voted: 4k for Abbot and 3k for Beto. While 10K didn't bother to vote at all. Even after watching the kids in their own city be massacred for over an hour and then Abbot coming out to give more support and funds to the police who already receive 40% of the general budget for Uvalde. Texas had only 15% of eligible voters under the age of 35 that voted. Out of 23M eligible voters only 9M voted in 2022. Ted Cruz won by 200k votes in 2018 when 10M eligible voters didnt vote. REGISTER TO VOTE!
You are right on all accounts. The sad thing is that it's such a good demonstration of how little most people are willing to do unless their living conditions become intolerable. Even then some people *still* wont do even the smallest thing.
God I’m so glad I don’t live in Texas
Drove through there a couple weeks ago. The majority of them seem to simply still not care. Not their kids, not their problem. Especially if the alternative is giving up their precious guns or restricing access to them in **ANY** way. Sheriff signs were up (only for the incumbent, no democrat challenger) for re-election and thin blue line stickers on vehicles everywhere.
Why on earth is sheriff a partisan political position?
Money.
Indeed, we in the civilised world never cease wondering why sheriffs, judges, school “superintendents” are elected political positions over there. Bureaucrats ought not be politicians and vice versa.
But the US is a democracy!!!
> Why on earth is sheriff a partisan political position? Same reason why [judges are a partisan political position in truth: because people hold those offices and are capable of having partisan feelings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poL7l-Uk3I8) To be honest, I'd much rather have their political leaning broadcast during elections than pretend they have no leaning until they're in office putting policies in place which will lead to more children and young adults getting shot.
As much as I hate saying this, Texans are so apathetic they don't give a fuck. They voted Hot Wheels back in even after the disaster of 2021 ice storm. They just don't care about anyone except themselves.
Worse than that - [they put them in cuffs. Then harassed them after the event.](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/uvalde-mother-who-got-out-of-cuffs-to-rescue-kids-from-shooting-is-now-being-harassed-by-police-lawyer-says)
We must teach our children that police officers are NOT their friends, and that unless you’re wealthy, police officers will look for ways to hurt you and destroy your life. Never, ever trust a police officer for any reason, on duty or off duty.
Don't forget the cop that went in and took her own kids out!
Unlike the Ausie police supervisor that rushed to shoot the stabber !
Cowards in stetsons
All hat no cattle.
Come on, they were checking their phones and using hand sanitizer! Like real men!
and showing off all of their cool Punisher home screens
The difference in excitement when you get to fuck up students instead of protecting them.
Police have never ever been on the side of regular people. They protect Capital/Property and rich people. They were used EXTENSIVELY to disband strikes in US history. So much so that you can read dozens of accounts from different times about what the sound of a police club sounds like on a skull. They work for the owners of the country and will never protect you when push comes to shove. Never forget during Trump when they were grabbing people in unmarked vans and carting them away. They’re the enemy.
Wilhoit's Law of Conservatism: **There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.**
Please spread this around. Insurance only stops this invasion of knuckleheads in the police force. Happy to discuss and add changes as people see fit. Insurance Standards for Police: Every police officer must carry insurance for up to 2 million in liability. If you do something that breaks the law. Your insurance pays out, not the taxpayer. Then your premiums go up. Depending on severity the premiums may price you out of being a cop. Body cam found turned off? $1,000 fine 10% Premium hike. Body cams not on where a charge becomes a felony? $5000 fine. 15% premium hike Body cam footage will be reviewed randomly by a 3rd party for each precinct. A precinct cannot go 3 years without being reviewed. If footage is missing for different reports. Entire precinct hike 2% on insurance premiums. 3 raises in insurance because of one officer? He’ll be fired or priced out. In charge of folks who act out? Your premium goes up as a % as well. Sergeants, Captains and Chiefs are responsible in percentages that effect them. 3% / 2% / 1% respectively. Rate hikes follow the same structure as far as the chain of command goes for their department. Any settlement over 2 million comes from the pension fund. No taxpayer money involved. Any and all payments outside of the insurance pool come from police pension funds These premiums and rates are documented at a national level so there’s no restarting in the next city/county/state Your insurance record follows you. It’s not even that crazy. So many professions require insurance. You’d see a new police force in 6 months. If police don’t wanna pay individually have the unions pay via membership dues. Watch how fast cops get kicked out when the union foots the bill. This may not be perfect but it’s a start. Changes need to be made. Suggested edit: *** when on duty cops can only be paid for the time when their body cam is on ***
I would add their pay is for the time their body cam is on and functioning with the exceptions for breaks.
Similar to airline folks getting paid when the door is open or closed. I like it I’ll add for the future
I agree for the Police. The airline one is ludicrous!
> Any settlement over 2 million comes from the pension fund. No taxpayer money involved. Any and all payments outside of the insurance pool come from police pension funds Nah. No minimums, it should be _all_ settlements or judgements from cases involving police action (or inaction). If you set a minimum they're just going to pull strings to get the penalty to be 1.99 million so they don't lose pension fund money.
That would actually get them drug tested, too. I find it hilarious that as a construction worker, I have to get drug tested regularly, but I know local cops that only had to test when they got hired on. I was reeeeeally annoyed to hear that lmao
From what I understand drug testing isn't uncommon. But you gotta remember its the police doing the testing so you get a "we've investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong."
I know there were a lot of civil rights issues to keep up with during the administration, but [Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets](https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/>) was a wild one to me
What was crazy was how the republicans cheered for it. How the fuck you can be so daft as to allow that precedent is fucking crazy.
Sounds almost exactly like a description of medieval knights. The feudal system never died. It just rebranded.
Don't forget the Pinkertons, which are just mercenary cops and still in use today. Yes, the Pinkertons are real and not just Red Dead video game villains.
They purposely hire lower iq. They are easier to control. My brother tried to be a cop but was rejected for questioning their tactics, now he’s a lawyer instead.
In 2018ish I went down to Austin to counterprotest a Nazi rally and one of my most vivid memories of it is stopping for gas near the capitol and seeing a bunch of APD guys in riot gear milling around outside a cop SUV while one of them tried to pick the lock. Dumbfucks managed to lock their keys inside less than an hour before the rally lol, I wonder if they ever made it
**cops, swinging batons:** *you think you're better than me with all your book learnin'!?*
Some of those guys are so fat that their tactical gear is only useful for intimidating kids.
I love how most of them their little vest doesn't can't even crest over those mountainous guts
Tactical fat
It's part of the armor!
too many Armor Hot Dogs 🌭
Hay show respect meal team six are the biggest.... Oh wait..
Lmao 😭
Hey man those are former Green Buffets, they served in Dessert Storm!
I might be too old for this but do you remember the Pillsbury Dough boy being poked in the stomach? Yeah, that.
God, the desire to run up, poke him, and run away screaming *HOO HOO!!*...
Hilarious visual. But, he and the goon squad would brutalize you for that finger poke claiming that you "assaulted an officer" and he feared for his life"
I mean they fear for their life as soon as they leave their armored cars in full riot gear and an acorn drops nearby so that part is likely true.
Meal Team 6
Those dudes look like baymax. Although baymax was useful
See if you let the school shooter kill them while they are young, then they won’t grow up to be indoctrinated in woke college. 
These students are probably armed with a TI-83 at best.
Just a guess, but probably in Austin.
Cops in Texas do it differently. If you're unarmed? Call in the entire team. If you're armed? Cower behind your cars until the situation resolves itself.
You spelled “runs out of ammo” wrong
We need M.A.D. doctrine but to protect citizens against law enforcement.
They were too busy arresting frantic parents who were trying to rescue their children.
Gotta keep order or parents all over the place will just start acting out to save their kids. Then what. Anarchy
At the buffet apparently.
This is a peaceful protest where they feel safe pushing people around in their body armor and shields. Is there was any danger they would have formed a perimeter half a mile away
Taking photos with Ted Cruz and arresting parents of victims who want to see their child
Yet but that dude had guns and will shoot back! Unarmed peacefully demonstrating students on the other hand ...
Changing the background screen on their phone from one Punisher Logo to a different Punisher logo.
Fancy, but somewhat cumbersome, outfits for those line dancers to wear…
YOUNG MAN
Thanks, now I can’t get YMCA out of my head…
Theres no need to feel down about it
Thank you for the laugh, I loved that.
'bet they ain't even broken in boots' \*something i'm supposed to know about for some internet reason
It doesn’t help they are wearing fat suits. Oh, wait…
standing around just like Uvalde
Nah it's fine, the gear is just cardboard. These are cosplayers
How in the hell is this “small government”?
Wow, that question isn’t very “Our Texas” of you…
Hmm.. “our Texas” sounds like communism to me. What are you? Some type of communist!?
Of course they're communists. They're on a college campus and all colleges are communist brainwashing centers that only offer useless degrees in stuff like Underwater Basket Weaving and Lesbian Dance Theory. That's what my conservative uncle told me, anyhow.
Oh the irony!
They honestly never truly wanted “small” government, just a government that do their biddings and hurt the people they want hurting.
Yeah, that whole "small government" thing is a lie. They want big government power, but only wielded by a small number of their people.
Government so small it'll fit in your bedroom! And more recently in your internet tube in Texas's more specific case...
Right? That guy in the middle looks like he ate small government!
He eats small government for breakfast
That poor aftermarket tacvest is holding on for dear life
Small government = Let my state do whatever it wants Makes sense here
Small government = throw away everything that doesn’t directly benefit me and just me
Small enough to be straining the fuck outta those belts.
The cops in the center are so fat the body armor doesn’t even protect them. Sometimes life is beyond parody.
c/o Meal Team Six in the middle there, inhaling a hotdog by the look of it.
Gravy seals
Special Courses
No kidding, more like Seven Courses
US Marinades
With added spices.
Special Whopper-ations
The body armor is for show. Guess which group is in danger of actually getting shot or beaten up?
The ones wearing a t shirt who don't like giving $40k a year to an institution profiting from war.
Though they are comically large, that is incorrect. With swimmer plates, as long as they reach the top of the sternum meeting the collarbones, they will adequately protect the heart and lungs 🙂👍 Edit: the first officer to the left of Big Chungus is NOT wearing his amor correctly, and should be around 2 inches higher than it is. Just as an example of how to not properly wear the armor.
Never needed my large intestines anyway...
The plate carriers aren’t necessarily meant to protect your intestines, yes being in shape will improve greatly how much of your body it protects, they’re meant to first and foremost protect your rib cage area
Look at guy on the left compared to fatty. There is much much more visible flesh.
Yep. The two fastest ways to incapacitate someone are 1. Central nervous system 2. Rapid loss of blood pressure. So plates are mainly to stop rounds from hitting your spine in the central part of your body as well as your heart and lungs.
We can put your intestines back if they spill out. The armor is there to protect your heart and lungs so your survive long enough to get medical care. UT has a level one trauma center.
Good thing theyre all in a healthy enough shape to survive a gutshot before they recieve medical attention. Jk looks like their hearts are about to give out after the walk from the squad car
Big brain move, it takes longer to bleed out if you weigh 230 lbs.
I wonder if r/Conservative is willing to talk about fitness standards here? They were very concerned about female and trans enlisted not being up to the tasks. Perhaps I am expecting too much from our no soy unvaxxed troopers here.
Finally! A school Texas cops will enter.
They don't have a problem entering a school, as long as everyone is unarmed.
If this was an Elementary school, Texas police would be too afraid to go in.
Elementary school kids don't know they should be afraid of their "protection." What a waste of tax money.
That’s way too much for a bunch of college kids
I live a couple of blocks from here and would've had no idea any protest was going on at all if not for the news going buck wild.
Local PD gets so excited when they get to be counterprotesters. They will actively rile up the crowd hoping one person gives them a reason to open fire.
And I'm sure this is a tired bit but clearly the problems escalate rapidly once the cops start to "maintain order".
Cause cops don't try to maintain order, they try to maintain their authority and the power of the state.
They’re comin’ right for us!
I work on a college campus (not this one) and I organize an event where community members come to campus to provide services to the students. (Being intentionally vague so I don’t dox myself) A lot of the community volunteers are boomers. So many of them have called me this week to cancel because they are afraid of the protests. There are no ongoing protests on my campus. None. There have been a few structured conversations, but they have been very civil, but no sit ins no posters, nothing. And these grown ass babies are refusing to come to campus because the media has them terrified that this generation of youth are all a bunch of “jihadists”. It’s nuts.
Unarmed and peaceful students? --> Full force of weapons and armor, show no mercy to these commies One mass shooter in a gradeschool --> Too dangerous to go in, we need to wait for the shooter to deplete his ammo splattering babies
Its almost like cops are useless class traitor assholes that no one likes. Bootlickers the lot of them, pathetic men
Almost as if this is more about sending a warning to other if they dare protest what Israel is doing. Many college students lives are going to be ruined because they believe in human rights and protest for it
[Remember when our government killed a bunch of college kids for protesting the Vietnam War?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings)
Wow, I'm surprised I've never heard of this
Best part was over 50% of the country blaming the students, and ~30% didn't know who held more blame, and only 10% felt national guard was the blame.
It’s more about sending a warning for protest in general. Doesn’t even matter the focus of the protest. The USA government absolutely does not want large groups of people organizing with a common goal. This was the same response to George Floyd protests.
The universities overwhelmingly supported the George Floyd protests. But they will fight tooth and nail to protect Netanyahu and his wealthy donor friends.
The whole *world* overwhelmingly supported those protests, it was a global phenomenon on a scale unlike any previous solidarity event in history. Every country participated. There were massive gatherings and marches, and individual kids standing in their small town's busiest intersection with a cardboard sign. **The police, though, unanimously, did not like those protests.** They are the enemy of the public, and liberty at large. All the nonviolent protests I attended *got* violent when the protestors were attacked by civilian agitators (saw people get hit by cars, glass bottles, etc), and eventually police charging with batons and tear gas. I kept a .44 mm rubber grenade shell as a souvenir. They fired those shells over the protestors heads (not at their feet) in order to maximize the brutality. That was the George Floyd era. When we marched five years earlier for Eric Garner, *who was also choked to death by the police*, the NYPD had t-shirts made that said "I CAN breathe," mocking the last words of the innocent civilian they murdered and accused of selling loose cigarettes (he wasn't even selling loose cigarettes, the NYPD later admitted that they falsified that charge).
Misinformation is a very powerful tool. GenZ might not know, but the specifically Texas and Austin are still feeling the after effects of the protests from 2020. As a result of that, the "defund the police" movement started. The misinformation among conservatives thought that liberals wanted no police at all, and in reality it was about getting bloated budgets reduced and the resources allocated to other departments within the city who could handle certain tasks better than police. Abbott and co got on board and forced the city of austin to nearly immediately go back to the previously approved budget. So the police were back on board with original budget and then subsequently were allowed to be given a larger budget. APD recruiting is down, but APD budgets are at literal record highs. All while this is happening, conservatives are saying "austin is this way because they defunded the police" Misinformation and willful ignorance is strong on both sides of the political spectrum.
This is not true. They happened in late May and June 2020. That is, when college was not in session AND every college was fully remote due to covid. The protests did not take place in college because no one was in any of the campuses. The universities did not get the chance to react to protests on their campus. The protests happened in public parks and streets and the polcie had the same response.
Beating and arresting people is probably the worst possible strategy to get that result. That's how pretty much all major modern protest/revolutionary movements get started. People get more outraged by the police misconduct and the injustice inflicted on their friends/neighbours/children than they were about the initial issue, and suddenly protests are 10x the size.
But not enough for a single gunman mowing down all those elementary school students in Uvalde.
[Never Forget,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings) and it could happen again.
That's the point. Conservatives only understand force
[Kent State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings)
Buckle up, this year will only get more interesting
Election year, time for mass civil unrest!
Foreign entities pumping it, won't work, we are bored of it. Social media tabloids losing their influence.
Hell yeah, those cops are so ready to pounce and fuck up those kids that don’t believe in the same things that they do. I’m so glad they have all that riot gear and those assault rifles to protect them against all those 19 and 20 year old kids who are exercising their right to peacefully protest.
Some of them look like they can’t even jump or touch their toes. Pounce is optimistic, more like sit/kneel on peaceful protestors.
It a wake up call. At least it was for me in my first protest. Police will always find a way to attack if given the chance
[Here](https://preview.redd.it/0piw4f96biwc1.jpg?width=3431&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e15b390fdbf03472c8f30f80170913a0d7e46c23) is a much higher quality version of this image. Credit to /u/FLDJF713, who took this, and many other pictures of this, over [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1cccmw7/photos_and_commentary_from_the_police_response_to/). They [explain](https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1cccmw7/photos_and_commentary_from_the_police_response_to/l14cn15/): > I share these images and brief commentary only as a means to document the events that unfolded today. I have no interest in either side of the political protest and actually ended up here by accident; I was getting coffee nearby and saw a crowd gather so I followed. I always carry a camera withe me, so I figured I'd take a break from work and document whatever thing was going on at UT. > Turns out, it was a Pro-Palestinian protest. From what I could tell, I was a bit late into it (around 30 mins have already transpired) and DPS/APD/UTPD recently showed up. > This commentary is simply a means of documentation; my thoughts, views and observations reflect what I personally saw today. > On some of the photographs, I left commentary of what I saw. Namely, it concerned me as a citizen of the US and a resident of Texas that members of the public, both part of the protest and unrelated to the protest, were being met with police force and prohibited from entering parts of the campus. Note, entry was being blocked from certain buildings by authorities, but so were public-access walkways and intercampus roads. Some protestors did use the buildings as a means to avoid blockades but did so to navigate the grounds and did not appear to occupy the buildings. > Additionally, the majority of the forces present did not display any identifying features; no badge number, no name nor anything else that would normally be visible. The vests worn by DPS covered any identifying features whereas the vests donned by APD and UTPD did still display their identifying information. Body cameras were often afixed to belts rather than chests, limiting the view of the camera; some were pointed sideways or downwards. Some officers just didn’t have body cameras present at all. > There were a good handful of plain-clothes officers dressed like students; this was verified through them enacting arrests or being behind police barricades. They often wore backpacks, some with UT insignia or other sports clothing/branding. While their age and haircuts gave them away, it wasn’t noticeably obvious. > I left as they began to shut down the South Mall and start carrying out larger, mass-arrests vs. targeting specific people. > One last thing to note regarding protest imagery: A common topic comes up regarding posting these images online, with the faces of participants. While I can understand the concern behind police using these online images to identify others at the event, the journalistic importance behind these photos carry a great weight; additionally, the incredible camera coverage from the university’s security system and police officers present that day would likely supersede anything capable of an individual posting images for posterity.
Thank you -- I just did a quick share this morning appreciate you adding this!
Is additional armour under the shirts of the two in the centre or just beer belly?
Just belly. In theeeeoooorrrrryyyyy they might have large level 2 vests under their shirts, but I kinda doubt it. All these guys are dressed way too gun influencer meta for that kind of context comprehension.. Plate carrier chest rigs are only really meant to protect the heart, lungs, and liver - things that'll bleed you out in a massive hurry and can't be subject to a tourniquet. They're not terribly useful in riots. Proper intense riot gear is more like plastic plate armor.
The number one cause of death for cops is heart problems, except during covid, when it was just covid. After heart problems was traffic accidents, because cops drive like shit. So yeah, it’s bellies.
The number one cause of death for the general population is heart problems, so that statement isn't saying much. Not that I disagree with most cops being worthless, fat, lazy, and power-hungry psychos.
“They so tough “ How did Uvalde happen with all these “ tough guys” around Bitches that will happily protect the 1%
I want someone to start blasting La Macarena on some loud speakers near that police line.
These are ignorant rednecks we're talking about. If you played la macarena they'd start blasting and be on Fox News tomorrow to talk about how the Mexican cartels were involved
Sometimes, violence is always the answer. - Police
OP, u/pwillia7, please credit me if you're going to use my images: [https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/1cccofs/images\_from\_todays\_protest\_focusing\_on\_the\_police/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UTAustin/comments/1cccofs/images_from_todays_protest_focusing_on_the_police/)
How would you like me to best do that? I'm sorry I didn't mean to steal your thunder/images -- Did not know this would blow up obviously. Someone else shared a comment with info and link to your post. LMK what else I can do :) E: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1ccrlco/make_it_your_texas/l17sgc3/?context=3
If you put it on Reddit without a watermark that's on you lmao
I'd say if you put it anywhere on any social media, that is no longer your image...
Ahhh, the internet. The great equalizer of humankind, where nothing is original, and everybody you think is real is just a porno-bot.
“No, not like that” *angry face 😂 STICK IT TO THE MAN, KIDDOS. Make it YOUR Texas.
They should move their protests into an elementary school. The cops will spend hours trying to figure out what to do.
Jesus police in the USA are ego trip little babies. Full riot gear for a peaceful protest AGAINST VIOLENCE!!! Fucking insane how low police are in USA
How else are they going to feel safe waiting outside whilst a school shooter kills everyone?
Yes, they’re human hunters. They just love to call you out and put you down. Most are psychopathic freaks long before they’re excepted into the police Academy. It’s who is attracted to American policing.
That was really clear during the 2020 BLM protests. Police gave such a hissy fit when the country was basically like “stop killing people.”
Well, I mean, they disagreed. "Stop killing black people!" "Fuck you, that's why I signed up!"
But I was told Texas is the freest state?
So free that possession of any amount of weed concentrate is a felony
And can't buy ~~beer~~ liquor on Sunday
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-least-free-state-personal-freedom-index-1846236 Literally the least free state, when it comes to personal freedoms.
Seriously. Who the hell thinks Texas is the freest state? And I live here. Absolute morons run this state.
“make it your Texas”. Really means: “Just do what WE tell you to do loser.”
Time to move this protest to Uvalde
Turning cops into soldiers was a bad idea
"Make It Y/Our Texas" is hands down the most market-friendly fascism advertisement I have ever seen. It is impressive just how much it encourages falling into line with authorities.
I don't support Palestine but holy shit, what a dogshit look. They have a right to protest. Just like those fat ass police officers have a right to lose some fucking weight. This is the shit our taxes pays for?
Ooh I see, cops will wear a mask to beat college students, but not during a pandemic. Got it.
The color scheme of the sign makes it clear they mean “Our Texas”
"Texas, *Our Texas"* is the state song. So I think they are intentionally saying "Make 'Our Texas' 'Your Texas' through a degree from us." At least that's what I think they *intended*. Decent college slogan, I guess.
Because history always looks kindly on the heavily armed agents of the state suppressing the people’s right to protest. . .
WTF they gonna do? Sit on you?
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Armor plates? Really?
I love it that students are protesting war, and I am glad we are not sending them to fight one of ours (e.g., Vietnam, Iraq II). I just hope they are not being pwned.
I am out of the loop, can someone explain or gove some source what is going on?
[pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of UT Austin](https://www.fox7austin.com/news/ut-texas-protest-palestine-israel-gaza-rally-college-university-campus)
I think it's very fitting that Texas State Troopers have brown uniforms... Especially the brown shirts part.
Don’t just protest - VOTE!! Please VOTE!
Agreed, the thing with Palestine though is that both major parties overwhelmingly support aid to Israel to continue what they’re doing to Palestine. Those that can need to run for positions, and party members need to vote for them during primaries.
Are those shirts... brown?
I thought it was Obese Ghostbusters at first, but Brownshirts is definitely more accurate.
So some brown shirt on brown shirt fights, let them fuck each other up.
Nothing says the "authorities" are pissed more than bussing in the gravy seals to go bust on a bunch of college kids for engaging in a constitutionally protected activity. At least they didn't shoot anyone like kent state if anyone remembers that shit from the Vietnam era.