Shooting in Austin

**Grand58742** · 08-02-20, 10:37

Originally Posted by Artos

My guess is we'll see a few more days like this but next weekend could be a zinger...kudos to all LE involved & maybe Austin will set the example albeit a uber liberal town.

Austin may be an ultra-lib town these days, but we are still dealing with Texas. I'd tend to think out of towners, especially those from out of State, might get a rude wake up call.

**Averageman** · 08-02-20, 10:48

Originally Posted by Artos

Rumor mill reporting austin mayor told APD to stand down knowing they were coming in & chief went over adler's inflated head...bussed in troopers who are not restricted like the local LE on use of cf gas / traditional force & restraint methods. I'm just assuming abbott is watching closely.

My guess is we'll see a few more days like this but next weekend could be a zinger...kudos to all LE involved & maybe Austin will set the example albeit a uber liberal town.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/austin-po...ldings-reports

Friday and Saturday the word went out that multiple BLM buses were headed to Austin.
People from Dallas to San Antonio were in convoy to Austin to counter protest. Multiple Facebook posts of course, a couple of calls. They were organizing so that wouldn't happen in Austin.
When we wake up this morning we need to be well aware that had the Chief not made that call, we might have had a bloody Saturday Night in Austin. Art Acevedo wouldn't have had the guts to buck the Mayor, but he would be blaming guns for what went wrong.

**Circle_10** · 08-02-20, 11:37

So I was talking about this in some other places on the internet that I’ve been hanging out.

Prior to the latest round of protests, Austin PD circulated warnings to owners of high-rise properties in the area that armed individuals may attempt to access the rooftops of buildings overlooking the protest area.
During the protests there were reports of “Antifa snipers” allegedly taking up positions on top of buildings. Weather they were Antifa proper or some affiliated group like SRA doesn’t really matter here. If true then that’s pretty serious. Not because what could have happened in Austin, I don’t think those “Antifa snipers” were likely to shoot anyone, and I wouldn’t be surprised if their handlers gave them strict instructions not to. To me, the Austin protest looks like a great relatively low risk event to use as a real-world “field training exercise” in the deployment of sharpshooters in an urban environment- how to position themselves, how to communicate with elements on the ground etc..
They may be amateurs now but by the time shit actually pops off these people may be pretty effective at this. Because honestly we don’t know who is training them either, there are vets and active duty military who are sympathetic or fully engaged with the ideology of the Feral Left.
It’s way past time to start taking them seriously, and the situation seriously.

**jbjh** · 08-02-20, 12:13

Originally Posted by Averageman

Friday and Saturday the word went out that multiple BLM buses were headed to Austin.
People from Dallas to San Antonio were in convoy to Austin to counter protest. Multiple Facebook posts of course, a couple of calls. They were organizing so that wouldn't happen in Austin.
When we wake up this morning we need to be well aware that had the Chief not made that call, we might have had a bloody Saturday Night in Austin. Art Acevedo wouldn't have had the guts to buck the Mayor, but he would be blaming guns for what went wrong.

Did bus loads or convoys actually show up? I see lots of discussion about “xxx-group are organizing to go to y-city”, but I’m not sure I’ve seen instances of it coming true.

Sent from 80ms in the future

**Averageman** · 08-02-20, 12:22

I'm 40 + miles away, my neighbor had to return a vehicle to Austin yesterday, I will ask him when I see him.

**JDH1** · 08-02-20, 13:14

The day of the shooting Foster was interviewed. He was asked why he was carrying.

https://youtu.be/gq99anptsmI

**grnamin** · 08-03-20, 11:54

Originally Posted by WickedWillis

It's easy for the media to call him Libertarian because there is a huge anti-libertarian presence on all social media. ALSO because he cannot be called a conservative because he has a black GF, or a liberal because he is so pro gun. Narratives spinning like tops.

The Zimmerman Effect.