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Like police in every city, the Austin Police Department has been very busy…attacking protestors. This past weekend APD shot a bean bag round into the head of a young man named Justin Howell, CNN reports, causing brain damage. When he was carried towards police for medical attention, the group carrying him were fired upon with rubber bullets.
How have they responded? By sending themselves what looks to be a bunch of fake thank you letters.
APD shared several pictures of their supposed thank you letters on Twitter, captioning them:
“We can’t express enough how grateful we are to serve you, Austin. Our officers have been working around the clock during these unprecedented times and thank everyone who took the time to write and make our day a little brighter.”
i love little regional quirks like how everyone in austin has the same handwriting ☺️ the world is such an interesting place https://t.co/Cr91Gt4Mua
— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) June 7, 2020
People were pretty quick to call them to account for their actual crimes committed against the Austin protestors and Howell:
And since there will be people who will tell me that I should be ashamed for calling out the ‘fine’ officers of Austin PD ,here is a video of police shooting at people carrying Justin Howell to your officers after they shot him. https://t.co/xp2by3IC0S
— Stephan Park (@amudork) June 7, 2020
And everyone else was pretty quick to dunk on them for their terrible propaganda. Seems like we should be more upset about Howell, but since we’re talking about defunding the police, we might as well explore why they’re both unnecessary and incredibly stupid.
If you’re going to create fake documents, at least make them convincing! Let your contempt for these officers grow in proportion to their ratio:
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I know how it feels! I can’t express how grateful I am to serve my fans. I’m overwhelmed by how many people took the time to make my day a little brighter. https://t.co/rFMkVlt4ae pic.twitter.com/KjIw2xa7zl
— nathan fielder (@nathanfielder) June 10, 2020
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i love little regional quirks like how everyone in austin has the same handwriting ☺️ the world is such an interesting place https://t.co/Cr91Gt4Mua
— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) June 7, 2020
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These tooooo
And why no postage? How did they even get them…?? pic.twitter.com/2NSFKlno7v— queso de soja (@danal_lube) June 6, 2020
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I can’t express how much all of these were clearly written by the same person https://t.co/NhYffxH3bK pic.twitter.com/0GP8Jzwgrm
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) June 7, 2020
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The propaganda product is so bad. 😂 https://t.co/gphiFRxlpf
— thaddeus e. grugq (@thegrugq) June 7, 2020
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You’d think they’d know a thing or two about faking evidence.
— Ravin Boodram (@rvbdrm) June 7, 2020
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Literally The Same Font pic.twitter.com/LjRVCmaSdV
— Michael Espinoza (@Redleader009) June 7, 2020
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“Happy birthday child! Love, Parents”
— Duncan (@DuncanS66549977) June 7, 2020
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Just like the Austin Police Department, a total stranger brought me a thank you card today!https://t.co/XeAEWiBB1R pic.twitter.com/KA8cgvxjb4
— Ian Dukes Pandemic Accepter (@ianpauldukes) June 7, 2020
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I can’t express enough how happy I am everyone wants potato casserole back as badly as I do. I’ve been sorting through all the letters people have sent me through these trying times. I’ll keep fighting the good fight. Soon we will have our Pluckers p-cass back.#BBPC@Pluckers https://t.co/4gYFuYIs5g pic.twitter.com/osY24acbkT
— PotatoCassLover69 (@PotatoCass) June 10, 2020
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We can’t express enough how grateful we are to serve you, Austin. Our officers have been working around the clock during these unprecedented times and thank everyone who took the time to write and make our day a little brighter. #OneAustinSaferTogether #Thankful pic.twitter.com/pan1hvkar8
— Sam Hauer (@SamClaytonHauer) June 7, 2020
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They weren’t even subtle pic.twitter.com/kv3ca2Lcn0
— MoSteffers (@MoSteffers) June 7, 2020
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These clowns didn’t even try to mix up the handwriting. They’re all literally just two handwriting styles.
I’d laugh but it’s also terrifying that they are creating their own false narrative to justify their brutality. https://t.co/rFCAp14tnd
— Shannon (@ShannonZKiller) June 7, 2020
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Official Police Support Font
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) June 7, 2020
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literally the exact same handwriting on half of these. I don’t know what’s sadder, that the cops all wrote a bunch of letters to themselves or there’s like one really big fan of the cops sending most of these https://t.co/mqkuPkBMKj
— hbomberguy (@Hbomberguy) June 8, 2020
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— findom earle (@coherentstates) June 7, 2020
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— Mae says BLM ✿ (@theepictheymer) June 7, 2020
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The handwriting is identical on every single one of those letters. I mean, I’m no police detective, but these are all CLEARLY fake. https://t.co/2glX9MI58b
— Ben Lesh (@BenLesh) June 7, 2020
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How pathetic do you have to be to literally write thank you cards to yourself?
(Hint: Look at the Ts. They are all.the.same.) https://t.co/sw4mif5Mb5
— Black Lives Matter (Dr. Waitman Wade Beorn) (@waitmanb) June 7, 2020
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And all in identical writing…?
— Sideways Glance (@NoBigotsAllowed) June 7, 2020
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Why are the most oblivious social media managers in the country all working for police departments right now
— Kristin Chirico (@lolacoaster) June 7, 2020
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they couldn’t even fake the handwriting (from their fans who go to a different school in Canada) https://t.co/EEY2duJTWT pic.twitter.com/nLfCNl8s3d
— alex (@alex_abads) June 7, 2020
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Your letter service is amazing, I didn’t realize Austin citizens could just drop thank you notes with no address or postage and they would all magically go to the police station.
— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) June 7, 2020
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— ed SNARKEY (@sarabeth2021) June 7, 2020
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I guess all you need to do is write “Thank You” and “U R Appreciated” instead of an address and it gets delivered to the police department automatically but you have to write it in a very specific style of handwriting https://t.co/vrxqX5Zwd7
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) June 7, 2020
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*Tasked ONE person to write fan mail.
— Keeled Scales (@KeeledScales) June 7, 2020
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“so many people have been dming me to tell me I’m right” energy
— kathbarbadoro (@kathbarbadoro) June 7, 2020
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Actually, upon further inspection, I think this looks real. https://t.co/kmEt0RIbDG pic.twitter.com/Pg3WBeDPlM
— Jason Mustian (@jasonmustian) June 10, 2020