The UT Austin protest got very interesting today.
Started with DPS police officers marching onto campus as a column.
Police came armed with batons, over 100 rounds of rifle ammunition each.
A few officers carried teargas launchers and AR-15s.
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The column of cops plowed its way into the peaceful crowd of students.
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Students report seeing numerous arrests of students simply going about their day.
As the column of cops made their way through the crowd they began making random violent arrests.
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The students have posted a request for jail support either by calling for release or with bail donations.
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I'm dying... they arrested a photographer from the local news station FOX7 and the person recording here is a local NBC reporter 😂
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So... the internet is FAST as all ways.
I believe there's already video of the moment Carlos from ABC7 was arrested.
I'm not sure these colleges and local PDs are ready for the backlash they created today.
Out here throwing reporters to the ground and dangling rifle muzzles in their faces on live streams. smh good luck with that
Despite the chaos of a simmering police riot, the student reporters continue asking hard hitting questions.
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Another angle of Carlos from FOX7 being arrested has emerged: https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112328602106113667
The OP has a bio that says "I religiously devote myself to Texas Football" and his caption for this clip was "Guy with camera gets rko’d by police".
... I'm not going to lie, I had to google RKO and I'll be damned if Chris from Austin who loves football isn't right about this cop abuse!
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Attached: 1 video I'm dying... they arrested a photographer from the local news station ABC7 and the person recording here is a local NBC reporter 😂 🎙️ Nabil Brent Remadna - KXAN NBC #DPS #Austin #UTAustin #ACAB #FreePalestine
The day started with a convoy of cop cars heading to the UT Austin campus.
What was the rush? What was the threat?
Arresting college kids for holding signs and chanting and reporters for filming.
Real bang up job DPS
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Through out the day DPS/APD made several pushes with mounted officers and riot cops to push students of the South Lawn.
Students slowly were pushed from the area.
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There's been countless videos coming out of Austin of questionable arrests.
Here's one of an elderly man being arrested. I think this is the first arrest from UT today that didn't involve someone getting body slammed.
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Once the South Lawn was clear, the mounted police left and the cops slowly dispersed.
They seem to have made some efforts to hold the lawn but . . .
The student's numbers on the ground and spirit remained high.
They eventually re-took the South Lawn!
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This was the scene at UT Austin this morning. Students came out in a MAJOR way and continue to demand their university divest from Israel.
Reports from those OTG yesterday and today suggests the crowd is nearly five times bigger than yesterday. ✊🏿🇵🇸
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