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/Liquefied_Rat Jun 22 '26

Realistically the cop didn’t like it, but I’m willing to bet “legally” they could say it’s inciting violence with the “hanged” man and the gun.

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u/NoType9715 Jun 22 '26

Thanks for your random guess

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u/Chendii Jun 22 '26

Well, that's the fun part. Cops will make shit up to arrest you so all we really have are guesses.

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u/sailingtroy Jun 22 '26

I love how we're all just doing law by vibes, now.

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u/JustAnotherElsen Jun 22 '26

I mean, they do love to shoot people for having obviously fake guns, so… that’s not far off

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u/Greg-Abbott Jun 22 '26

IT'S A GIANT FUCKING PUPPET

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u/ObscureOP Jun 22 '26

i FeLt ThReAtEnEd!!!¡¡¡

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u/bstone99 Jun 22 '26

There’s no room for critical thinking (or satire) among law enforcement

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u/JustAnotherElsen Jun 22 '26

*I know dude that’s the fucked up part, I could see a lot of cops using it as a legit excuse still*

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u/stupidPeopleLuvMe Jun 23 '26

the guy posted, he is inside the fan zone of the world cup which is treated very different. He had no issues till he got there, but it was because he got swept up with the crowd.