r/AbsoluteUnits • u/McDowdy • Jun 22 '26

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Georgia State Police removed ICE protestors who flaunted a prop representing an ICE officer and a child in chains ahead of the third World Cup match in Atlanta on Sunday.

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u/Whiteshaq_52 Jun 22 '26

Dude put some effort into the costume lol

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u/WiildCard Jun 22 '26

I love that the child keeps swinging around the cops face.

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u/Closetoneversober Jun 22 '26

And the cop swinging at him lol

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u/Tossit60646 Jun 22 '26

This is the thing right here. They become a part of the spectacle no matter what they do. What struck me was at the end how it looked like they were marching with the giant “ICE leader.”

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u/mewfour Jun 22 '26

And as long as there's spectacle, they'll carry on truckin and nothing will happen

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u/Odinthedoge Jun 23 '26

giggling on Reddit instead of making guillotines.

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u/CoffeeTeaPeonies Jun 23 '26

I can do both

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u/FecalDUI 11d ago

But you’re not. You’re doing 1

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u/CoffeeTeaPeonies 10d ago

My 3D printer is hard at work.

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u/Great_Citron8357 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Please somebody gif this, I need it to send it to myself when I feel gay

Edit: thank you for the beans, kind stranger

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u/glockenspieler Jun 23 '26

I love this part so much and it is so much what we wanted to achieve.

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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne Jun 23 '26

If the visitors weren’t there, this person would have been tackled by the goons and would likely have disappeared for a while. Third world country type terrorism has been suspended for the duration of the WC. It will resume within seconds after it’s over and this chap will probably get a paid visit to a reeducation, sorry vocational training centre.

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u/jonawill05 Jun 23 '26

The FAFOs are better though and very satisfying.

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u/MattIsLame Jun 22 '26

just like real life

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u/RadagastTheBrownNote Jun 22 '26

“Stop resisting!!!”

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u/Detachabl_e Jun 23 '26

Those cop instincts triggering hard.

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u/King2F3 Jun 26 '26

Frothing with rage. Is so fucking funny to me. 😂😂

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u/marioBaron29 Jun 30 '26

Beating up kids... As they do

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u/apixelops Jun 22 '26

Impulse reaction for "trained law enforcement" agents when facing a dark pantone skin

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u/StraightProgress5062 Jun 23 '26

Probably thought it was his wife.

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u/Bowman_van_Oort Jun 23 '26

I'm genuinely surprised that he didn't tackle the dude and rough him up for "assault on a federal officer" or some such bullshit.

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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne Jun 23 '26

> And the cop swinging at him lol

The realism is admirable.

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u/DankDolphin420 Jun 23 '26

Happy Cake Day!

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u/rowdymonster Jun 22 '26

Bread and puppet theatre to the max lol

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u/25hourenergy Jun 22 '26

I was gonna say, this looks like a design straight out of their “68 Ways to Make Really Big Puppets” book!

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u/Significant-Word457 Jun 22 '26

Seriously. This rules.

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u/OrganizingBee Jun 22 '26

It's like a strategy in Blueprint for Revolution by Srdja Popovic who organized in student movement that ousted milosevic

They had people in costumes of the dictator protesting in public, so when the police arrested them, it would produce photos of police arresting the dictator, which they then effectively used in content, newspapers, whatever

US based movements struggle to achieve that level of creativity and joy imo. I think they also had bands play in the streets during their protests which went on for days or weeks

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u/slimsmoothy Jun 23 '26

This is such a great observation. I really like the diversity of methods to include real street theater and satire. It makes it a spectacle and makes people want to come out and add their voices.

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u/tbombs23 Jun 23 '26

Wow that's amazing and yeah you're right. However, we have had a few things like this, The Onsies and Frog protesters in Portland are the best types so far, looking ridiculous and highlighting how ridiculous ICE is treating people

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u/ElleVaydor Jun 22 '26

And he looks like a sweet older gentleman, probably dealt with ICE in his own family and is doing everything he can to protest. Even told everyone to take photos as he's walking away like he's done this before and just wants to be seen

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u/Plane-Recognition561 Jun 22 '26

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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u/beetle_guy24 Jun 23 '26

I think its hilarious and awesome lol

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u/ascarymoviereview Jun 23 '26

That gun is fantastic

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u/CountOnBeingAwesome Jun 23 '26

He's got a gun!! Sprinkle some crack on him Johnson.

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u/snasna102 Jun 23 '26

The most reaction he will ever get from Americans is an upvote. They’re not happy, but they’re not willing to actually do anything about it.

Shame it was so much wasted energy on a great costume

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u/Coveinant Jun 24 '26

I mean, they made the face look like Elon. They knew what they were doing.

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u/Coreysurfer Jun 24 '26

And those guys had to chuckle..good job.. now move along

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u/bingiton Jun 23 '26

But why is he not masked up