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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,184 posts)
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:29 PM Saturday

Walking while Black: Trooper intentionally bumps into football players at Texas AM game

He was sent home, incident under investigation
Episode of "walking while Black" played out in front of the world
Video here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/1oy0nu7/a_state_trooper_at_texas_am_intentionally_bumps/

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Walking while Black: Trooper intentionally bumps into football players at Texas AM game (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday OP
Rednecks with a badge and gun. walkingman Saturday #1
OMG why does TX keep hiring these microdick thugs as "law" enforcement? LearnedHand Saturday #2
It's their #1 export! BidenRocks Saturday #15
Because the 'leadership' MyOwnPeace Saturday #18
I hate to think how he treats his wife and kids. Xavier Breath Saturday #3
Looked very much like assault to me. paleotn Saturday #4
He was really going for the guy on the right but right guy pivotted BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #8
Fawk!!!!!! We have not EVER left the fawking Jim Crow days!!!!! a kennedy Saturday #5
Thanks for the clip SheLiberal Saturday #6
He forgot he wasnt on the streets, with no cameras around. I bet he has lots of abuse accusations BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #7
That trooper needs to lose his job. Immediately. Paladin Saturday #9
The powers that be eliminated his job from the games afterwards (what I just read), and I suspect that his SWBTATTReg Saturday #22
Well, That's Pretty Clear Cut ProfessorGAC Saturday #10
He knows they wouldn't dare go after him. They're black, and he's white, with a badge and a gun. They've probably been tblue37 Saturday #28
I coulda been D1 Aviation Pro Saturday #11
He looks right out of central casting. Boomerproud Saturday #12
Lol..he does. The story went big. LeBron james weighed in BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #32
Why was he going the wrong way in the tunnel in the first place? AverageOldGuy Saturday #13
The runner slowed before the tunnel, BidenRocks Saturday #16
The bullied don't deserve to be assumed to be bullies in retaliation for past bullying. SidneyR Saturday #17
Throw his racist hateful butt in the slammer. Trueblue1968 Saturday #14
Texas cops (most of them) are worse than any immigrants. bluestarone Saturday #19
When I was around 14 or so, I was walking up Congress Avenue in Austin behind two black guys walking side by side. summer_in_TX Saturday #20
+1. dalton99a Saturday #23
The racism around here even in blue and purple counties is still endemic. summer_in_TX Saturday #25
In the deep south. By law the Black men wre required to step off the sudewalk for the white person BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #30
I can believe that. summer_in_TX Yesterday #34
Betcha' they call him "Bubba" 'round town. Totally Tunsie Saturday #21
Deliberate Racistc Nastiness! At least caught on Camera! electric_blue68 Saturday #24
Bloody hell!?! I hope he gets fired. 1WorldHope Saturday #26
He should lose his job MustLoveBeagles Saturday #27
The player on our left, moved to his left purr-rat beauty Saturday #29
This DPS trooper was being an asshole and I am glad that he was sent home LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #31
Sent home and universal shaming!!@ BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #33

LearnedHand

(5,151 posts)
2. OMG why does TX keep hiring these microdick thugs as "law" enforcement?
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:32 PM
Saturday

Absolutely despicable and disgusting.

Xavier Breath

(6,292 posts)
3. I hate to think how he treats his wife and kids.
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:44 PM
Saturday

Or, you know, any member of the general public unfortunate enough to cross his path.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,184 posts)
8. He was really going for the guy on the right but right guy pivotted
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:30 PM
Saturday

guy on right avoided or minimized bump

a kennedy

(34,872 posts)
5. Fawk!!!!!! We have not EVER left the fawking Jim Crow days!!!!!
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 05:59 PM
Saturday

I watched the movie Glory today, and I bawled through parts of it because of the hostile/despicable nature of those times, AND NOW DAYS AS WELL!!!!! WTAF??? Oh right we have a fawking racist pig in OUR HOUSE!!! 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

SheLiberal

(79 posts)
6. Thanks for the clip
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:20 PM
Saturday

I watched this live and thought what the hell, but is is even worse with a closer look. He should lose his badge.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,184 posts)
7. He forgot he wasnt on the streets, with no cameras around. I bet he has lots of abuse accusations
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:28 PM
Saturday

Paladin

(32,042 posts)
9. That trooper needs to lose his job. Immediately.
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:35 PM
Saturday

Huge credit to those opposition team players, who absorbed the blows that officer delivered, and then just walked away. Pretty fucking obvious who the adults were in that altercation.

SWBTATTReg

(25,872 posts)
22. The powers that be eliminated his job from the games afterwards (what I just read), and I suspect that his
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 09:10 PM
Saturday

real 'true' job is up for grabs next, being that he's so touchy, I wonder about him and anything he writes up, can you trust it?

ProfessorGAC

(75,254 posts)
10. Well, That's Pretty Clear Cut
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:50 PM
Saturday

He went where he shouldn't have & clearly initiated contact.
Besides that, what kind of imbecile instigates a physical confrontation against young, national class athletes wearing armor?

tblue37

(67,683 posts)
28. He knows they wouldn't dare go after him. They're black, and he's white, with a badge and a gun. They've probably been
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 11:12 PM
Saturday

taught by their parents never to get involved in anything with a white cop, especially a Texas cop whose goal is obviously to start something with black young men. They behaved intelligently and maturely, which made that stupid cop look even worse for his disgusting behavior.

AverageOldGuy

(3,164 posts)
13. Why was he going the wrong way in the tunnel in the first place?
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:41 PM
Saturday

He could just as easily stood outside the tunnel and waited for the team to pass -- would have taken all of 30 seconds.

But, hey, when you made C's and D's in high school and the big kids picked on you and now you have a badge and a gun, it's payback time.

BidenRocks

(2,528 posts)
16. The runner slowed before the tunnel,
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 08:11 PM
Saturday

but he felt his hammie stretch so he slowly stopped inside. He was joined by 2 happy teammates.

Way to set an example of how fucked up Texas law enforcement is!

They just can't wait to get violent!

SidneyR

(197 posts)
17. The bullied don't deserve to be assumed to be bullies in retaliation for past bullying.
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 08:14 PM
Saturday

Most likely, the adult bully was a bully in school.

bluestarone

(20,808 posts)
19. Texas cops (most of them) are worse than any immigrants.
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 08:25 PM
Saturday

They, and many more southern state cops are horrible.

summer_in_TX

(3,938 posts)
20. When I was around 14 or so, I was walking up Congress Avenue in Austin behind two black guys walking side by side.
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 08:50 PM
Saturday

Clearly friends.

A white woman walking toward us could have easily gone around them. But that's not what she did. She plowed right between them, knocking them aside.

I am a slow processor and was very shy back then, and by the time I understood what had just happened she was down the block. I was too stunned to do the right thing and either say something kind to the two young men or to confront the woman. I was indignant and my hands clenched and unclenched – yet no one outside of myself would have known that. But I've never forgotten what happened maybe 55 years ago, and my knowledge that I didn't do SOMEthing to stand up for human decency. Anytime I consider my regrets in life, that's one that comes to mind.

That was during the height of the Civil Rights Movement or shortly after Dr. King was assassinated. Sad that white racists still are ignorant, entitled, and hateful.

summer_in_TX

(3,938 posts)
25. The racism around here even in blue and purple counties is still endemic.
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 10:15 PM
Saturday

During one of Barack Obama's run for president one of my acquaintances, a mild-mannered older white guy dropped by the Democratic tent some of us were manning during the election. He told us how he'd been at the grocery store in Dripping Springs and ended up arrested and charged with criminal mischief.

Why? A pickup parked by his with decals and anti-Dem messaging. He took it in stride, admiring the artistry even, until he rounded the truck and saw what was on the other side – Obama depicted as an ape. At which point he lost it, picked up a tire iron and started hitting the truck.

In 2008, Obama got approximately 43.7% of the vote in Texas. In 2012 that dropped to about 41.4%. I've been reading about how Fox Noise is attacking Jasmine Crockett so much that they think she'd be the best Democrat to run for U.S. Senate for the seat that John Cornyn holds now. I wish I agreed. I've wondered if Fox News isn't setting Texas Dems up, if she gets into the race, to vote for her in the primary, which she could win because of her name recognition. But no Dem has run successfully for a statewide office in a generation. Barack Obama was likable. Crockett has high negatives for a reason. She has been a consistent voice attacking Trump and other Republicans – which is why she could win the primary, but there's no chance she could win statewide.

My purple county has people active in Three Percenters, Proud Boys, and other extremist groups. Racist incidents and threats have occurred several times over the last few years, including in my small town. And more counties in Texas are red, than purple or blue.

I think of the old folk tale about Brer Rabbit who'd been caught and just begged his captor repeatedly to "please don't throw me in that briar patch." So of course, that was exactly where the cruel hunter threw him – right where Brer Rabbit wanted to be thrown, where he could make his escape. Is that Brer Rabbit ploy the same psychology behind Fox News inveighing so much against Jasmine Crockett? I wouldn't put it past them.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,184 posts)
30. In the deep south. By law the Black men wre required to step off the sudewalk for the white person
Sun Nov 16, 2025, 01:40 AM
Sunday

Some whites moved out of the deep south and were not accustomed to Blacks not stepping aside

On California, my relatives were told by whites.."if we were in the south you would.."

summer_in_TX

(3,938 posts)
34. I can believe that.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:52 AM
Yesterday

I guess I wasn't experienced enough or knowledgeable enough at the time to know that.
My family were long-time Austin liberals, and I don't think I conceived that Austin might be anything other than a decent, liberal city.

purr-rat beauty

(847 posts)
29. The player on our left, moved to his left
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 11:19 PM
Saturday

Even tried to make space and the trooper threw his left arm out

Why was he even there?

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