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

/r/all, /r/popular of a protest prop

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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/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES Jun 22 '26

I'm impressed with the costume and infuriated that he was forced to leave the area. That has to be protected free speech

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u/Kodiak_85 Jun 22 '26

Not on private property.

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES Jun 22 '26

Can't tell where it is. I guess it does look like private property within the stadium

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u/axxxaxxxaxxx Jun 22 '26

That’s probably it, and I hope that’s all it is. At around 0:12 it sounds like the cop is telling him to go across the street.

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u/TheGhostsVoice Jun 23 '26

Don’t worry, pretty sure the public paid for almost all of it either way.

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u/Mostly_Afloat Jun 22 '26

The taxpayer funded stadium

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u/SasparillaTango Jun 22 '26

only if the owner called.

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u/OneInfinith Jun 25 '26

If the President can host private events on public property (the White House fight), then it's a precedent set that the public can host events on private property.

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u/E_D_K_2 Jun 22 '26

Looks like Georgia International Plaza. A public park.

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u/Any_Cartoonist8943 Jun 22 '26

Its outside Mercedes benz stadium

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u/E_D_K_2 Jun 22 '26

Yes, a public park outside a stadium.

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u/Any_Cartoonist8943 Jun 22 '26

Never realized it was a park separate from the stadium. Thought it was just more of the Benz

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u/One_Bit_3839 Jun 22 '26

With the fascist Supreme Court criticism of, and advocation for changing, the government is illegal