Texas deployed hundreds of DPS officers on horseback and the National Guard to prevent protests on a campus in Boston.

What we found

Contradicts. Reuters reports that the Texas National Guard was not summoned to or sent to the University of Texas campus during the April 24, 2024 protests, with the Texas Department of Public Safety handling the response.[1]

Contradicts. The BBC places the mounted police response by Texas forces at the University of Texas in Austin, while the Boston-area campus arrests (about 108 at Emerson College) were made by Boston police, not Texas DPS.[3]

Context. The Washington Post describes Governor Abbott calling in more than 100 state troopers to clear a UT Austin lawn during the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests, which is the Texas event the claim appears to be drawing on.[4]

Context. Sources cover Texas DPS and National Guard deployments to protests, including 2025 anti-ICE and No Kings deployments, but none reports any Texas deployment to a Boston campus.[2][5][6]

Sources

6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated

1. 1Fact Check: National Guard not deployed at University of Texas on April 24reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
2. 2Newsgov.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: context
3. 3US college protests: Hundreds more arrested across US ... - BBCbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
4. 4Texas governor criticized for employing state troopers ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
5. 5Gov. Greg Abbott deploys Texas National Guard, DPS troopers to anti-ICE raid protest locationscbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
6. 6National Guard and DPS troopers are being deployed in Texas. This isn’t the first timedallasnews.com · not rated · cited for: context

Where this claim was made

Said in 1 published post

• The Benny Show · Oct 28, 2026“They tried that, uh, at in the blue city of Boston, and, uh, the minute, uh, when some protesters pulled out, uh, tent where they were going to camp, DPS was on them. We had hundreds of DPS officers on horses, on horseback, in riot gear, and the National Guard out there.”Post →

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