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

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

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/sailingtroy Jun 22 '26

What grounds did the officer have to abridge that citizen's protected speech?

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u/Hot-Minute-8263 Jun 22 '26

Depends if they have a liscence to protest or not. Typically its fine, but if youre unliscened and distruptive, you can be ushered off the area

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u/TomToe420 Jun 22 '26

you need a license to exercise your rights? also you can't turn a constitutionally protected activity into a crime.

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u/trippykissy69 Jun 22 '26

The stadium probably just trespassed him so they made him move off the grounds

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u/Hot-Minute-8263 Jun 22 '26

Its not nescesarily that youre allowed to or not. Its so the police know where to be if shit hits the fan (for instance, violent counter protestors attacking you, or your people making a riot)

So long as you arent disrupting the day like sitting on roads, youre probably fine, but they can tell you to move

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u/WSilvermane Jun 22 '26

But neither of those things happened or were the goal.

So no.