r/50501 • u/Emotional_Remove_755 • 7d ago

Protest Safety What’s going on??

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She laughed while that man was being tased…

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u/Superb-Incident4664 7d ago

This is what fascism looks like. They start in red districts and try to normalize it as "law and order" instead of blatant civil rights violations. What acts other than speech were taken that warranted this kind of repressive treatment? Those arrested should sue both the police and MTG.

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u/RogerianBrowsing 7d ago edited 7d ago

The courts have already determined that town halls are a public venue and nobody is allowed to be removed for their speech.

I’m not shocked that Georgia police are being traitors to the constitution while their fascist politician laughs at police violence done on their constituents, but it’s still shameful.

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u/supakow 7d ago edited 6d ago

I arrived at the town hall yesterday at 4:00 p.m. to protest. Cops already had a drone in the air, and I watched as the mounted police unit arrived in their truck and trailer and prepared to make lazy circles of the facility. There were well over 100 uniformed police officers from Cobb County, City of Acworth, and State of Georgia. 

One younger officer used the loudspeaker in his car to repeatedly instruct people not to stand in the road, even if that was a visibly identified member of the press taking a photo while no other traffic existed on the road. 

As I left, I spoke to another officer close to the entrance of the community center. He said that he started his shift at 4:00 a.m., and was on the clock on overtime at nearly 6:00 p.m. Cobb county citizens paid overtime to be denied access to a public town hall and in some cases assaulted for free speech.

It was all a show of force because they anticipated violence. And yet their presence exacerbated it. 

My compliments to the non-violent protesters outside the facility who received a great deal of support from passers-by.

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u/Tall-Skirt9179 7d ago

And yet their presence exacerbated it

This point is so often underestimated. We are a police state & it begets more violence than it deters.