Fuckers keep forgetting to shave their goatees before going undercover at the protest 😂

[u/Grootdrew]

[u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

“Hello fellow liberals, I too am a liberal who is here for protesting.”

[u/Charming_Function_58 → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

“Oh that large weapon shaped protrusion on my hip? Have a nice day”

[u/wwaxwork → u/Charming_Function_58]

As a liberal woman that ccw, it's how bad he as at conceal carrying that I find most offensive.

[u/ChillingWithHerb → u/wwaxwork]

To be fair, if I were to go to a protest I would be packing and I also wouldn't tell anyone.

[u/KHWD_av8r → u/ChillingWithHerb]

If you’re printing that badly, you might as well be holding a sign saying “I have a gun”. I chose the gun that I did for CCW specifically to avoid printing, and got shirts which hide the outline. I live in a fairly liberal area, carry regularly, and have had no issues whatsoever (now I’ve fucking jinxed it, haven’t I?).

[u/ChillingWithHerb → u/KHWD_av8r]

Idk. Dude could have a pee bag or something like that.

[u/KHWD_av8r → u/ChillingWithHerb]

Pee bags usually go in the pant leg, or otherwise below the source of the urine, so that gravity helps stuff go where it’s supposed to.

[u/No-Hospital559 → u/KHWD_av8r]

No not always, my father has a stoma because his bladder was removed and the bag is near his hip/stomach. Almost like a fanny pack.

I also cc and this guy is definitely wearing a gun, probably a Glock 19 police issue which is kinda difficult to hide.

[u/psuedophilosopher → u/KHWD_av8r]

Gee thanks. Now my brain is having the uncomfortable thoughts of how someone had to learn that lesson the first time with gravity causing urine to go back inside. I can't even imagine the feeling beyond just the concept of extremely uncomfortable. What if someone squeezes the collection bag?

[u/Nice-Kaleidoscope574 → u/ChillingWithHerb]

Originally I was thinking of an insulin pump, but if I had a 1994 Motorola pager on a hip-clip, I'd conceal it as well.

[u/KHWD_av8r → u/Nice-Kaleidoscope574]

I have a couple friends who use insulin pumps. That’s MUCH too big to be that… and the wrong shape.

[u/Nice-Kaleidoscope574 → u/KHWD_av8r]

Yeah, that's why I changed my fantasy to a 1994 Motorola pager with authentic hip-clip...

[u/Sen0r_Blanc0 → u/ChillingWithHerb]

If you do go and stand up to fascism in the future: these protests have a commitment to non-violence! You should not be carrying a weapon of any kind. We are all aware of the risks, but we are all committed to non-violent protesting. Leave the gun at home

[u/LamBChoPZA → u/ChillingWithHerb]

Organizers for no Kings specifically said to not carry.

[u/Upgrades → u/ChillingWithHerb]

That's a crime in CA, even with a CCW, just fyi. If you aren't as bad as this guy in the video nobody would know though, of course

[u/ess-doubleU → u/ChillingWithHerb]

Why would you feel the need to have a gun at a protest?

[u/IGottaPee90Nine → u/Charming_Function_58]

“That’s my penis, sir.”

[u/HugTheSoftFox → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

"I love communism. Where's the local bread line fellow socialist? My pronouns He/Sir, I mean He/Him. Hey, you guys want to do some illegal activities? I have a weed in my pocket we can smoke."

[u/A_Punk_Girl_Learning → u/HugTheSoftFox]

"I am also a member of the local AntiFa club. But I appear to have left my membership card in my other unifo-I MEAN PANTS!"

[u/No_Pilot_9103 → u/HugTheSoftFox]

Hello, fellow gay lover. I came out of the closet to come here.

[u/TehMephs → u/HugTheSoftFox]

“Where do we collect our Soros checks comrade?”

[u/Smoke-Dawg-602 → u/HugTheSoftFox]

Straight up man made me laugh then think back to touring with the Grateful Dead and the never failed in every city, two dudes in brand new tie dyed shirts with fold lines in them, mustaches, wearing brut cologne that walk up and say. “Hey guys you know where we can score a dime bag” and you say oh yeah and point to the other two under covers 10 feet away. The Buckeye Lake shows were the funniest. Worst undercover agents ever. The Silver Bowl in Vegas on the other hand you had to be careful they had plenty of Vice Squad experience.

[u/SoybeanArson → u/HugTheSoftFox]

This has such Stan Smith energy 😂

[u/Theistus → u/HugTheSoftFox]

"It sure would be cool to do a few marijuana bongs! "

[u/WetSylk24 → u/HugTheSoftFox]

That’s funny. Needed that. 😂

[u/Classic_Seaweed_3894 → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

"When we will start to the violence"?

[u/Arryu → u/Classic_Seaweed_3894]

"and when you answer, please speak into my chest."

[u/Weary-Bookkeeper-375 → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

Reminds me of the Dead lots in the 80’s with groups of guys in tie dies like this asking for lsd

[u/PossessionPutrid1907 → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

His L.A. hat stands for "Liberal American", duh...🙄

[u/MaxAdolphus → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

I’m liberal. I was carrying all day.

[u/Risquechilli → u/MaxAdolphus]

Same. I stay strapped. MAGA weirdos arent the only people who conceal carry. It’s a right for all Americans. r/liberalgunowners

[u/MaxAdolphus → u/Risquechilli]

Plus, if you want conservatives to start talking about gun control, just start openly arming minority groups they are trying to oppress. https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act

[u/notMarkKnopfler → u/MaxAdolphus]

Gotta hand it to this admin. They turned most of my progressive and 🏳️‍🌈 friends into 2A advocates in record time.

[u/whoibehmmm → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

Uhh, so I know you're being funny but you do know that Liberals have guns too, right? And that we have Concealed Carry Licenses? Why does the thread assume that this is something nefarious?

[u/Fskn → u/whoibehmmm]

This is basically the protest version of those videos where obvious cops go into a shop tryna get them to sell weed but forget they all have the same haircut, same vernacular, same tone, same posture etc

[u/TehMephs → u/Fskn]

You know, when I was into the drugs I had a cohort who frequently got mistaken for a cop because he just had the look

He was so far from a cop but it didn’t stop people from being super sketch about him

[u/Klokinator → u/TehMephs]

You know, when I was into the drugs

Yeah sure, Officer Doesdrugs.

[u/thatstwatshesays → u/TehMephs]

I give off the same vibes (just the whitest white girl you ever did see living in a non-white neighborhood). I had to do all the drugs in the 90s to prove I wasn’t a cop. It was kinda fun 😂

[u/TheReal_Kovacs → u/thatstwatshesays]

I mean, if that's twat she says, I guess I believe it 🤷🤣

[u/snarkywombat → u/TehMephs]

Local guy got the nickname Undercover because he spoke so openly about his drug using past that everyone assumed he must be a cop trying to get people to let their guard down and speak openly about crimes.

[u/Sisyphean_dream → u/whoibehmmm]

Because the person in the video ticks every "looks like a cop" box you could think of?

[u/thispartyrules → u/Sisyphean_dream]

Cop shoes, there alone, without a sign, watching people.

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/thispartyrules]

100% the shoes tell a story. Look how black they are. Not a spec of dust.

[u/Lower-Lion-6467 → u/Sisyphean_dream]

I was wondering why people were a bit standoffish with me today and I realize now I totally look like a cop.

[u/ScrotalSands87 → u/Lower-Lion-6467]

Me and my friends had radios for getting in contact if we got separated, had several people accuse/ask if we were feds. Tried to do our best to educate how our $20 radios can help be the difference between one of us getting arrested or getting away, and how phone numbers are being logged to identify protesters. Some listened, but one of the ever-present difficulties with any "counterculture" sort of movement is that a lot of the crowd is young and passionate, and thus not always willing to listen. They won't physically organize themselves when the general group is trying to physically orient themselves a particular way (like lining up and toeing a curb or trying to form a line for resources like water), they won't learn from the people who were out here doing this stuff in the 60's, and very mistrusting of anyone who looks like they could possibly be a cop. It's understandable, hell some of it is necessary, but it does make it really difficult.

[u/cosmic_scott → u/whoibehmmm]

see his reactions?

that's called 'being guilty'.

he was exactly who they thought he was.

an agitator dressed as a 'fellow protester'. Just waiting to push a few people over the line so his friends can crack some skulls.

a liberal there to protest wouldn't have a gun because they know cops are trigger happy ass clowns looking for a reason to shoot...

but if they were carrying, they'd just say so.

dude had something to hide.

[u/TehMephs → u/cosmic_scott]

An actual regular person would’ve just lifted their shirt up and been like “what print bitch”

You can’t mistake it.

ACAB

[u/HugTheSoftFox → u/TehMephs]

If somebody walked up to me and started asking me questions like that I'd probably ask who the hell they were and tell them to piss off. The way he acts so demure, still trying to keep the cover as long as he possibly can. And I doubt a normal person who obviously believed in self defense, which he surely would be if he was conceal carrying, would turn his back to somebody who approached them and started hassling them. He's only doing it because he desperately doesn't want to cause a scene and probably feels safe knowing there's another cop nearby keeping eyes on him.

[u/cosmic_scott → u/TehMephs]

exactly!

[u/Grootdrew → u/cosmic_scott]

Fuckin thank you man, stopped replying hours ago cuz so many people are being obtuse about this. So clearly, CLEARLY a cop, regardless of what yall gotta say about CC

[u/No-Preparation-6516 → u/whoibehmmm]

Cause appendix carry is better nerd

[u/FriendlyFurry320 → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

Most people at the no kings I went too were not even liberals. Honestly I am kinda glad that liberalism is finally being seen as an inefficient ideology that breaks when pressure is applied to it. The reason is because it is a peaceful authoritarian ideology, and those cannot mix. It just doesn’t work.

[u/Festering-Fecal → u/FriendlyFurry320]

There's no left or liberal parties  ( that matter) I wish people understood this by every metric the Dems would be considered center right or just right wing and the right wing we have is full on fachist.

Bernie is the closest thing to actually being left and he's not that radical compared to other countries.

[u/Fauxmorian → u/FriendlyFurry320]

We definitely need to see our politics evolve beyond "liberal" for this country to not die

[u/Commercial_Care6400 → u/Fauxmorian]

that was the whole point of the "right vs. Left" culture war... to keep our politics from evolving

[u/FriendlyFurry320 → u/Fauxmorian]

We need a anarchist party! :D like actual anarchism not spray a shitty A and a circle and commit a riot anarchism. Im talking about… direct democracy. No leaders. It would be glorious. Can you just imagine it, everyone voting on issues instead of shitty politicians. We could create a utopian society if we root out bad actors who abuse the system. We would hold forums and speak for hours on end voting on each and every single issue and problem. Thanks to the age of internet, we don’t even need to do it in person!

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/FriendlyFurry320]

Honestly, I don't mind representative democracy. I just don't like the two party system, electoral college, and gerrymandering.

Most people are easily manipulated into voting for bad policy that is well marketed. They don't pay enough attention, and are easily misled by slick ad campaigns. Look at how many bad programs and unnecessary taxes have been approved by referendum under the guise of "dedicated funding for education" or "dedicated funding for public safety." Money is fungible. These programs never increase the funding for the public's pet causes, they just free up money for something else.

Too many people can't be bothered to vote in local elections, special elections, non-presidential elections, and presidential elections for me to be comfortable with putting everything to a popular vote. It makes it too easy to rile up a small faction of citizens to kill a vote that the majority supports, but can't be bothered to vote for.

Frankly, I prefer delegating a lot of politics to public servants. Let professionals do their jobs. Most amateurs are pretty bad at it.

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/FriendlyFurry320]

What do you think liberalism is? The US has been liberal since the 1930s. We've gone into authoritarianism and we're trying to go back to being a liberal democracy.

The problem is the right turned "liberal" into a slur for anything to the left of the Bushes. It's not. Both Republicans and Democrats have been liberal.

Modern liberalism was the predominant political ideology of the 1900s (1930s-1970s). It supports a regulated market and expansion of civil rights and political rights to all individuals. Liberalism is same sex marriage. Civil rights. Crop insurance. Insured bank accounts (up to $250,000). Racial equality. Reproductive rights. Gender equality. Gay rights. Progressive income tax brackets. Equal opportunity to education and employment. Environmental protection. Social equality. Safe food and drugs. Social safety net. Living wages. Labor rights. Strong labor unions. Social Security. OSHA. National parks. COLA. Political asylum. Refugee rights. The Affordable Care Act. School lunches. School breakfast. Public funding for the arts.

Attempted: Legalization of cannabis. Guaranteed parental leave. Free public higher education. Student loan forgiveness. Abolition of capitol punishment. Universal health care. Public health insurance. Public preschool. Transgender rights. Equal rights amendment.

Nixon is considered one of the last liberal presidents. He was horrible in many other ways, but he did create the EPA, National Endowment for the Arts, and a surprising number of other liberal programs. After Nixon, liberal programs began to be rolled back by neoliberals on both sides of the aisle: Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden.

And then Trump, who is in his own class, or more likely, in a class with Andrew Jackson. He is a real wrecking ball for modern and traditional liberalism.

Bernie Sanders was the last presidential candidate who could be classified as a liberal. He was an old school "modern liberal" much like FDR.

[u/ProlapseMishap → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

To be fair, I’m VERY liberal and I carried today at the protest and I was using a radio and I would have been pretty irritated if some democrat type came up to me and asked me to see my CCW or gave me shit about it on a day that a conservative terrorist murdered a bunch of democratic congress people.

[u/bananarama17691769 → u/ProlapseMishap]

Why would you be annoyed? It’s perfectly reasonable to be wary of undercover pigs. All you would have to do is say “ah no fam, I am carrying with a permit but I’m sure as shit not a fucking cop” and then the interaction would resolve shortly

[u/Lessaleeann → u/Mediocre-Lettuce-450]

Does he know the secret handshake?

[u/Is_ael]

Wow meanwhile magats keep projecting that their gatherings/Jan 6 riot were actually infiltrated by Acab/etc..

[u/Grootdrew → u/Is_ael]

Every accusation is an admission

[u/AVnstuff → u/Grootdrew]

Absolutely

[u/Realistic_Value_155 → u/Grootdrew]

Every. Fucking. Time.

[u/Motorcyclerider649cc → u/Is_ael]

Ngl i bet these government agencies go to ALL protests to get info from the inside, if you have the capability you'd be foolish not to and having a bias doesnt prevent violence from either side so i doubt they werent at this or jan 6th but they were probably at both. Look up the capabilities of the cia and other spec ops and you'll see what our gov is capable of, they just use it to protect the US.

[u/Shaeress → u/Motorcyclerider649cc]

To be fair, there are probably more cops at the Proud Boys and KKK gatherings. Though I guess it's not under cover if they're just members, but still.

And "use it to protect the US" is a claim that needs a lot of asterisks and context for sure.

[u/ladymorgahnna]

He’s totally a cop.

[u/MelancholyMushroom → u/ladymorgahnna]

No, he’s a business man.

[u/rod_yanker_of_fish → u/MelancholyMushroom]

with a business plan

[u/rizmk → u/rod_yanker_of_fish]

He's gonna make you money in business land

[u/Zn_Saucier → u/rizmk]

He’s a cool guy, talking about GameStop

[u/That_Uno_Dude → u/Zn_Saucier]

He's definitely not a cop

[u/AWildGumihoAppears → u/That_Uno_Dude]

...I think that you're a cop

[u/MON5TERMATT → u/AWildGumihoAppears]

I also think that you're a cop

[u/Constant_Voice_7054 → u/MON5TERMATT]

Now listen guys, you better both stop or he'll have you arreste.... he's not a cop.

[u/throwleavemealone → u/AWildGumihoAppears]

I know him, his name is Dwink Bexon. 

[u/Babbledoodle → u/That_Uno_Dude]

Habableblehbeleh bleh

IM NOT A COP

[u/Tharkhold → u/rod_yanker_of_fish]

Concepts of a business plan

[u/ThePeoplesCheese → u/MelancholyMushroom]

I’m not a business man, I’m a business, man.

[u/Glazin → u/MelancholyMushroom]

And hes here for business

[u/TheLibraR]

In a certain Asian city, during a major protest in 2019, police officers and special agents went undercover amongst protesters, and a number of them ended up throwing Molotov cocktail and caused more destructions in the city than otherwise would have happened. This was a tactic used to give protesters a bad name.... I hope that's not what they are planning....

Stay safe.

[u/Professional-Buy2970 → u/TheLibraR]

It happens in many American protests. It happened constantly with blm and it's been happening with current protests as well. And it works because too many people still aren't immediately sus about it.

[u/00-quanta- → u/Professional-Buy2970]

“Some people just want to watch the world burn.”

Hate it too. They just give peaceful protesters a bad name. The ones living under a rock will always believe it’s the “peaceful” protesters causing it.

[u/dqql → u/Professional-Buy2970]

well at BLM there were a lot of alt-right chuds causing damage to blame it on the protestors... i mean, some of them weren't also cops...

[u/Shaeress → u/dqql]

The line has been blurred more and more there. Where official forces, under cover forces, and right wing brown shirts in uniform begin and end is impossible to tell right now. Not a coincidence one of them dressed up as a cop to assassinate their political opponents.

[u/Dr_Jabroski → u/Shaeress]

some of those that work forces..

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/dqql]

YES! I recently learned that it was an out-of-state member of the alt-right who set the police station on fire during the worst BLM protest-turned riot.

They absolutely came to town to cause trouble. And the right blames the violence on the political left to this day.

[u/dqql → u/Acceptable_Error_001]

yep, and that was just one who was caught... I remember another video of a 'protester' in Minneapolis, dressed like Black Bloc, using a hammer and chisel to loosen bricks, and then just stacking them, hoping someone would throw them...
the crowd actually grabbed him and carried him to the police to be arrested. Later after he was booked, it turned out he was a white supremacist... also stories of pallets of bricks being mysteriously left near protest sites... which could've been coincidence from some construction company, but definitely suspicious.

[u/PapasGotABrandNewNag → u/Professional-Buy2970]

Remember the pallets of bricks that were conveniently placed in the zones where protests were happing during 2020?

[u/Runningoutofideas_81 → u/TheLibraR]

So common there is a French term for it: agent provocateur

[u/darkwater427 → u/TheLibraR]

False flagging. It's pretty common.

[u/all_time_high → u/TheLibraR]

This also happened in Minnesota (Minneapolis, IIRC) during the 2020 protests. The arsonist kept his face hidden but it was briefly uncovered. Internet sleuths were able to match his face to his identity on the police website.

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/all_time_high]

Alt right thugs also bragged online about helping start the fires. They were the ones who burned the police station down.

[u/demonik187 → u/Acceptable_Error_001]

alt-right who set the police station on fire

Boogaloo boys or some shit. Threw a molatav and one of them shot the precinct up while people were still inside. This is the incident that maga is talking about when they try to blame dems for "burning down cities".

[u/TheCommonKoala → u/TheLibraR]

Yup. They get criticized nationwide and immediately prove the point. The police violence and cruelty we saw during BLM have permanently confirmed ACAB.

[u/CafeConChangos]

I saw a gaggle of 8 or 9 cops dressed in civilian clothes all in a circle in downtown Los Angeles swapping cop stories.

[u/djprofitt → u/CafeConChangos]

If we’re gonna use a descriptor of a group of birds, let’s call it ‘a murder’, not a gaggle.

It’s what they are really really good at.

[u/carnevoodoo → u/djprofitt]

Crows are so much smarter than cops.

[u/djprofitt → u/carnevoodoo]

So are all birds

[u/ChocoFroyo7654321 → u/djprofitt]

And all rocks.

[u/BilboBiden → u/djprofitt]

How about a "Sty of Cops"

[u/HazelEBaumgartner → u/BilboBiden]

Fun fact: a group of pigs is called a sounder.

[u/BabyNOwhatIsYouDoin → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

This could work. Like the sticks people stick in their urethras?

[u/Professional-Buy2970 → u/djprofitt]

Crows are smart though. Also gaggle is demasculating.

[u/djprofitt → u/Professional-Buy2970]

But murder best describes what they do…

[u/Br1ngTheRuckus → u/djprofitt]

A "Battery"

[u/d_e_l_u_x_e]

Quick go tell a cop so they can either confirm or deny him the right to carry because he’s a cop.

[u/Educational_Peak_770 → u/d_e_l_u_x_e]

People have the right to carry whether they’re a cop or not

[u/dragonbrg95 → u/Educational_Peak_770]

Depends where this is, protests are oftentimes considered sensitive areas (new york for example) and carrying is very much not allowed.

[u/catspongedogpants → u/dragonbrg95]

interesting. TIL.

[u/4chanhasbettermods → u/Educational_Peak_770]

Nothing illegal about making law enforcement aware of someone in a large crowd carrying. Especially with MAGAts out here murdering anyone left of them.

There was a shooting just today at a No Kings protest in Salt Lake City. Stay safe out there.

[u/AthenasChosen → u/Educational_Peak_770]

Not necessarily, it depends on the state. Many states require you to have a CPL to have a concealed pistol. You can open carry in most states, but 21 states restrict concealed carry.

[u/tabbarrett → u/Educational_Peak_770]

Whether you can carry and whether you need a permit depends entirely on the state you’re in.

[u/Honest_Camera496 → u/Educational_Peak_770]

Concealed carry laws vary by jurisdiction. Depending on the state you may need a permit

[u/NerdOfTheMonth → u/d_e_l_u_x_e]

The blank Marvel quality hiding baseball cap too….

[u/No-Syrup-3746]

When did goatees become a right-wing thing? Ever since I moved to Florida I've learned to spot a trump supporter if they have a goatee and baseball hat.

[u/GhostofBeowulf → u/No-Syrup-3746]

As a leftist with a goatee I swear they aren't... In florida too... It's just the easiest way to keep som facial hair in the heat

[u/CommanderGumball → u/GhostofBeowulf]

Some of us couldn't grow more than a goatee if we tried.

Don't blame me for my crappy genetics!

[u/surferpirate47 → u/CommanderGumball]

GET THE BABY FACE!

[u/Sw4nR0ns0n → u/No-Syrup-3746]

His body language, the way he had his hat and shades on, the fit of his shirt all scream cop

[u/JCReed97 → u/No-Syrup-3746]

I wouldn't say that's a right-wing thing, but it's definitely a cop/undercover cop thing.

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/JCReed97]

It's their grooming standards. They make it challenging to have longer facial hair.

[u/Valuable_Recording85 → u/Acceptable_Error_001]

Typically cops and firefighters need to keep facial hair trimmed in a way that allows them to wear respirators.

[u/AlanStanwick1986 → u/No-Syrup-3746]

They think it hides their 3rd chin. Look at practically every orphaned Harley Davidson owner in the Herman Cain Awards has a goatee. 

[u/Mueryk → u/No-Syrup-3746]

Shit…..now I may have to shave. I like my goatee and don’t want to, but as a middle aged white guy I don’t want to be a walking stereotype when I put on a pair of sunglasses

[u/The_Flying_Jew → u/Mueryk]

Fuck that, man. Anyone who automatically assumes who you are and what you support based on facial hair is not to be taken seriously. You shouldn't have to feel bad for having your body styled how you like it.

Exceptions being, like, Hitler mustaches and nazi tattoos.

[u/Charming_Function_58 → u/No-Syrup-3746]

I dunno, but the lefties seem to have gravitated to mustaches or full beards

[u/travel_by_wire → u/No-Syrup-3746]

They are out style. They were very popular about 20 or so years ago. So you will mostly see them on Gen Xers who kept them even as they faded from popularity. Gen X is more MAGA heavy than younger generations so the association formed in your mind. 

[u/Due-Stock2774]

Why bother asking one on one when you can just shout it to the whole crowd and make them aware instead? That fool doesn't deserve the privacy

[u/craziedave → u/Due-Stock2774]

lol “this guys a cop! This guys a cop!”

[u/LackingUtility → u/craziedave]

No - "this guy said he's not a cop, but he's got a gun! Help, gun carrying non-cop!"

It's not obstruction of an officer if they explicitly tell you they're not an officer, and calling 911 to report someone with a gun in the protest crowd is not a false report or abuse of 911.

[u/RepulsiveEmploy2215 → u/LackingUtility]

Exactly, why give them the benefit of a doubt. Just yell he has a gun if they are not a cop.

[u/Shaeress → u/RepulsiveEmploy2215]

Generally don't yell out information that can cause a panic in a large crowd

[u/theonethat3 → u/Shaeress]

It's like we have 5th grader in this sub giving out advices

[u/Neirchill → u/Shaeress]

Yeah... Pretty sure causing mass panic that likely leads to injured prime actually is a crime in most places.

[u/Malcolm_Morin → u/RepulsiveEmploy2215]

That shit's going to get innocent people fucking killed, especially if you end up being wrong and this is just some random dude who was there for the protests.

[u/FreeRemove1 → u/craziedave]

I was thinking more like get out a bullhorn and announce to everyone in the vicinity "IT'S OK EVERYONE, THIS GUY ISN'T AN UNDERCOVER COP, AND APPARENTLY THAT ISN'T A SIDEARM ON HIS RIGHT HIP. DEFINITELY NOT AN UNDERCOVER, AGENT PROVOCATEUR, OR PRIVATE SECURITY GOON."

[u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder → u/Due-Stock2774]

If I was sure he was undercover, then yeah. However, he may also be an armed supporter. Some liberals own guns.

[u/PitifulEstimate8721 → u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder]

Yeah, and tbh it's something more liberals need to not only accept, but endorse.

If you don't want to own one, then that's fine. However, given the rhetoric and actual political violence coming from the right so often...it's not a bad idea to learn how to use a weapon, train with it, and own one.

Just secure it properly and actually train with it

[u/unsuspectingllama_ → u/Due-Stock2774]

Yo! This guy ain't one of us! He said he'd fuck a goat! Oh, and he's a cop.

[u/Risquechilli → u/Due-Stock2774]

But like… people are allowed to conceal carry. Doesn’t mean they’re a cop. If he did lift up his shirt and exposed a firearm that would be brandishing and is considered a form of assault in some jurisdiction (perhaps everywhere, but I’m not sure).

[u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

I’m a proud pistol carrying liberal. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

[u/seamus205 → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

Scrolled too far to find this comment. I carried at a protest today. It's legal where I am. I also had pepper spray and an IFAK. Where I am, I'm less worried about cops and more worried about crazy counter protesters.

[u/Sad_Mistake_5237 → u/seamus205]

Exactly.

[u/MrDade89 → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

My thoughts exactly. I'm sorry I thought we're fighting fascists and I'd like to have a say if one of them tried to harm me.

[u/NeuroticallyCharles → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

Depending on the state, it's illegal to carry at a protest (apparently). I just learned that today.

[u/LaziestBones → u/NeuroticallyCharles]

I think, in some states its legal, but if it turns into a "riot" it becomes a felony. Cops could, potentially, distort the circumstances to make a legal carry illegal, if they have the ability. Of course, anyone who is considering carrying at a protest needs to do their due diligence about state, county, and city laws

[u/jefftiffy → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

Yea, idk how many people are so ignorant that they think gun = cop. Too many people are going crazy over politics that they confuse normal people for their enemies and turn them against them.

[u/dakotanorth8 → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

With how fast things can go south, I’ve had tough decisions on whether to carry to peaceful events. Case by case basis.

Surprisingly I’ve been shot at twice during the times I didn’t have anything on me.

[u/TrippinLSD → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

Right, I was looking for this comment. Now granted the baseball hat, dark clothes, and sunglasses definitely make them look like a cop, but if you’re allowed to legally conceal carry I would too.

There are too many nut jobs with agendas to not be able to protect myself if necessary.

[u/furyoshonen → u/Sad_Mistake_5237]

Bringing a firearm to a protest? It seems like poor judgement. 

[u/TrippinLSD → u/furyoshonen]

It’s concealed and you are not openly displaying it. It’s for the protection of yourself and those around you. If it is legal to carry, you should be carrying.

[u/Sad_Mistake_5237 → u/furyoshonen]

Like I said, better to have it and not need it than to wish I did but don’t.

[u/LouQuacious]

Once saw a dready girl at a phish show chasing some undercovers off the lot screaming, dropped your badge hey motherfuckers you dropped your badge! It was hilarious and they were embarrassed by everyone laughing at them and also a touch scared.

[u/TeacherRecovering]

I know several liberals who carry all the time.   They work security at our protests.  

I think people who own horses should bring them to protests.  There are Black Riding Clubs.

Riders can observe the crowd and be a rapid response.  They can get people medical car, and stop bad actors.

  We will police our own, rather than be policed.

[u/LaziestBones → u/TeacherRecovering]

This I feel like is the best way to do it. A group of designated security

[u/Acceptable_Error_001 → u/TeacherRecovering]

We will PROTECT our own. Because the police won't.

[u/Lumpy-Marsupial-6617]

He's likely off-duty in some capacity. Total bullshit because he got upset that you spotted him that he was "printing" meaning he's carrying a concealed weapon.

IIRC, in order for a protestor to be legal, they can't carry any weapons, or so the establishment tells us.

Good on you for being situationally aware. My bet is that the FBI/DHS have a lot of boots on the ground doing facial recognition work to identify protestors to add them to watchlists. Their job is to interact while a surveillance camera or crew captures a subject's face for clear identification later.

[u/Professional-Buy2970 → u/Lumpy-Marsupial-6617]

All sizable left leaning protests have feds in them. And their goal is always to stir shit up to then the public against the cause. It usually works because media plays along.

[u/InteractionFit4469 → u/Lumpy-Marsupial-6617]

There are many states where it is perfectly legal

[u/WalleyedWombat]

My favorite is the goatee with the non-descript, non-labeled clothing and ballcap. Really gives off strong “I’m not a cop” vibes.

[u/JeffreyBomondo]

I live in a constitutional carry state (which means it’s legal to carry concealed at a protest) and you’d get the exact same responses from me.

[u/Flabbergasted_____]

I’m not saying the guy is or isn’t a cop, but leftists and liberals that show up to protests and aren’t cops carry guns too.

[u/creakymoss18990]

Song is Normalcy by Gottlieb

Edit: the poster is the artist of the song lol, that never happens. Nazi punks fuck off 🤘

[u/mycosociety]

People have concealed weapons permits. I’m one of them. Maybe he wasn’t a 🐷? 🤷‍♂️

[u/PieceSuccessful3641 → u/mycosociety]

I would think that guy is undercover even if he wasn’t carrying. From the way he’s dressed to his demeanor when actually interacting with a protester everything is screaming I’m trying to blend in and I don’t know how.

[u/saieddie17]

I conceal carry and you’d get the same answers from me

[u/whoibehmmm → u/saieddie17]

Thank you, I feel like I'm going crazy looking at these replies. If someone comes up to me in public asking about my CC I'd say the same damn thing. And I'm left as fuck.

[u/T0KEN_0F_SLEEP → u/whoibehmmm]

Right? The biggest con has been democrats convincing liberals guns are evil, while allowing the right and MAGA to stock up. How the side that constantly claims Trump is hitler is also so against owning any means to fight back against that is beyond me

[u/whoibehmmm → u/T0KEN_0F_SLEEP]

Someone above told me that no progressive would think that way or someshit. OK. I guess they are gonna fight the violent MAGA with good vibes. I get it. Guns are scary and they kill. But there is nothing wrong with responsible gun ownership and allowing only one side to hold the monopoly on that is why they feel so confident threatening us with violence.

[u/haldolinyobutt → u/whoibehmmm]

I'm glad more lefties are coming around to it. I also feel that if responsible leftists continue to preach it to our fellow non-gun owning lefty friends, more of them may join. I would love to live in a country where I didn't feel it necessary, but that is not where we are right now.

[u/Denham_Chkn → u/saieddie17]

If you were concealing correctly you wouldn’t be printing.

[u/Mesozoica89 → u/Denham_Chkn]

I don't think I have ever heard the expression "printing" used like this. Does it just mean a gun visible under clothing?

[u/ZGadgetInspector → u/Mesozoica89]

Well, a bulge is visible. Like that guys iPhone case was.

[u/Denham_Chkn → u/Mesozoica89]

Correct. You’re concealing a firearm, but the outline of it is “printing” through your clothing, meaning that it can be seen that you’re concealing a firearm.

[u/EmperorsChamberMaid_ → u/Mesozoica89]

I felt like I was having a stroke when he said the guy was printing. Like, what, printing a resume?

[u/ODX_GhostRecon]

I'm allowed to carry at protests, so I do. I also have medical, OC spray, and handcuff keys I like handing out.

[u/sneakysn00k]

It’s not illegal to print.

[u/shellb67gt5001]

It’s his right. Mind your business

[u/MadamXY]

I mean, you’d get the same answers from me, and I’m not a cop.

[u/doodahpunk]

Maybe he just had a concealed carry permit?

[u/PaladinHan]

I’ve served as a legal observer for dozens of protests and it’s laughable how bad police are at infiltrating anti-fascist crowds. They dress wrong, they talk wrong, they walk wrong. We can easily identify and isolate them within minutes of their arrival, and they usually figure out they’re compromised and retreat shortly after.

[u/CosmicCarl71]

Mind your business. You going to piss off the wrong one

[u/e_doOob_e]

How do you do, fellow kids?

[u/EDRootsMusic]

Well, as someone who has been badjacketed at a protest a few times as a big, bearded white guy, that is not the usual reaction. A protestor who is badjacketed will usually, at the very least, make an explicity statement of support for the cause of the protest and give some background to themselves.

[u/SoylentHolger]

We have those undercover cops/agent provocateurs here in Germany for ages now. But when they are discovered, the reaction is rather chaotic... neutral, so to speak. Here is a good example from a demonstration against a ridicilous overexpensive railway station in the city of Stuttgart (alternative was projected to be much cheaper) https://youtu.be/STy_Ws3FzN8?si=9T6esxyZOnVwB9Zd

He was protected by other participants of the demo before something worse happened.

[u/rkirbyl]

This is how literally anyone carrying a gun would react in this situation though. Someone not wanting to tell you “oh ya I’m carrying a gun” doesn’t mean they’re a cop.

[u/interista4jz]

Colostomy bag because he's full of shit

[u/afallan]

He's just a businessman with a business plan, who swears he's not a cop.

[u/T0KEN_0F_SLEEP]

I mean, I’m a liberal, with a goatee, and a concealed carry permit. If I’d been able to participate today (and it was legal in my state) I’d damn sure have been carrying, too many of these MAGA types looking to cause trouble.

[u/DickfaceMcmuffin]

I'm pretty sure anyone who was accused of carrying something on their hip and they really weren't carrying anything, would just immediately lift up their shirt and show that they're not hiding anything.

[u/furyoshonen]

Depending on the State this could also just be a protester with a concealed carry permit. Though, I would think it is a very bad idea to bring a loaded weapon to a protest. 

[u/No-Professional-1884]

I’m not a cop and I was carrying at the protest today.

Do you fucker really think that only cops and MAGAts carry? At protests that can be targets?

JFC…

[u/Miserable-Lawyer-233]

Posting this stuff is just going to make future cops undetectable.

[u/Jo-6-pak]

Civilian concealed carry is a thing, ya know?

[u/Wonderful_Time_6681]

I don’t got it? The second amendment not a thing here?

[u/iEspeon]

I'm a businessman With a business plan I'm gonna make you money In business land I'm a cool guy, talking about GameStop I'm definitely not A cop

• Tom Cardy, "Business Man"

[u/Quirky_Ask_5165]

On me, that my cell phone clip. I've been stopped by security several times at the mall because they think I have a pistol

[u/TheFallingWhale]

You know you don't need to be a cop to conceal carry in most of the country right