Terror-Sympathizers Attempt Takeover of UT Austin; Greg Abbott Sends in the Texas National Guard

The DOJ has explained to us that "parading" with the intent to disrupt any government function is a major felony.

So parading to shut down a government-funded school is a major crime for which people should be jailed without trial for years, I figure.

Rising tensions on school campuses across the country over the Israel-Hamas reached university campuses here in Texas.

Hundreds of students at the University of Texas at Austin walked out of class in support of Palestine. Many held up signs calling for a ceasefire or more help for Gaza.

Dozens of state troopers in riot gear asked the students to disperse. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said law enforcement officers arrested more than 20 people on the UT campus.

Protesters were heard chanting, "Release our students."

"Arrests being made right now & will continue until the crowd disperses," Gov. Greg Abbott said via social media. "These protesters belong in jail. Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period. Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled."

Protesters are demanding the university system divest from companies that manufacture machinery used in war.

DPS said it responded to the UT campus in Austin Wednesday at the request of the University and at the direction of Gov. Abbott "to prevent any unlawful assembly and to support UT Police in maintaining the peace by arresting anyone engaging in any sort of criminal activity, including criminal trespass."

Now that I've vented -- Heather MacDonald makes a great point that we must be careful not to endorse the left's own crackdown on dissenting views by deploying the same tactics. Otherwise the left will just go further in its own authoritarianism -- and right now, they control almost every single institution, private or governmental.

In Florida, police almost immediately arrested communist/islamist gangsters for highway-blocking "protesters."

In their latest demonstration, pro-Palestine protesters in Miami termed their activity as an "economic blockade," through a longstanding state law that defines obstructing traffic without a permit.

A small group of individuals who organized a Tax Day protest now face second-degree misdemeanors.

People protesting the rising death toll in Gaza were pulled away and handcuffed by Miami police officers after blocking traffic on Biscayne Boulevard near Bayside in downtown Miami on Monday.

Most of them are in their twenties and reside in Miami. Their charges, according to police, are unrelated to the subject of their demonstration.

Their offenses revolve around blocking a roadway without proper authorization.

Specifically, they employed their bodies to block a crosswalk, using homemade devices known as "sleeping dragons" to interconnect protesters. These devices, typically made from painted PVC pieces, fasten several demonstrators together.

Someone pointed out that pro-terrorist "protesters" were given four hours to block traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge, as critical a traffic artery as there is.

In Florida, they were given fifteen minutes.

Of course, Florida cops are protecting the protesters by arresting them, because DeSantis signed a law giving motorists the right to run the f*ck over protesters if they're blocking the streets two years ago.

Abbott and DeSantis are playing a game of Quien es mas macho?

Who's winning?

We all are, my friends. We all are.

I can't find that sketch on YouTube, but enjoy this barely-related one.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:16 PM

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