“I’m serious as a heart attack,” he tells Gamble when the audio begins to play on the 14-minute body camera video. “I’m not gonna sit here and argue with you.”
He demands to know how she could possibly justify such an obscene display: “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”
Talking to a colleague over his two-way radio after the encounter, Babb described what happened. Gamble was dressed “like a freakin’ weiner,” he says on the tape, so he ordered her to remove the costume. She refused, invoking her First Amendment rights.
“Am I being detained?” Gamble repeatedly asks Babb, who ignores the question and continues to scold her. “If I’m not being detained, I’m gonna go ahead and leave.”
When she turns to walk away, Babb steps forward and grabs her costume from behind, throwing her on her back. Angry protesters shout at Babb as he forces her to turn over. Two more cops help him pin Gamble on the grass and handcuff her.
“By the time I got there, the cops were stuffing an inflatable penis in the back of their car,” Rae said.
It was, on one hand, hilarious — a slapstick comedy bit brought to life. In the body camera footage, Babb tries and fails to fit Gamble into his own backseat, then hands her off to another officer, who escorts her to a different vehicle. Police wrestle with the oversized costume, ultimately failing to fit the unwieldy polyester penis into the car.
It was also disturbing. Gamble screams in pain in the video as the cops try to push her into the backseat, the handcuffs digging into her wrists. Babb asks where the zipper is and, as he peels off the penis suit, asks Gamble for her name.
She replies, “Aunt Tifa.”
Uhhh children should be aware of human bodies and what parts they have. That guys Christian values are showing.
He demands to know how she could possibly justify such an obscene display: “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”
uh, it’s a costume of a dick. simple enough. now tell everyone how you explain to your kids that potus rapes children?
its easy to explain the costume to a child. she is dressed as the current president of the united states of america. The second and bigger dick president.
“Obscenity” is kinda meaningless when you have a president that raped children.
“I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”
“I’m dressed up as the body part our president used to rape other children just like you!”
Alabama does have a statute concerning lewd behavior that might apply to this circumstance, so the officer might have some grounds. However, if I were a judge, I wouldn’t want that in my court. I can see a prosecutor dismissing the case after holding her in jail the legal length of time before dropping charges.
“I’m serious as a heart attack,” he tells Gamble when the audio begins to play on the 14-minute body camera video. “I’m not gonna sit here and argue with you.”
The subtle ageism is a nice touch for the pearl-clutching police.
Doesn’t look like a penis.
American police forces have never really considered the optics, have they? Or sociopolitical implications? Yeah, these are not in their vocabulary. (I don’t know if the word “vocabulary” is in their vocabulary, it has too many syllables.)
Anyway, you need to think about the optics and sociopolitical implications before you rush headlong and grab a dick. This is common sense. Not to these officers, though, apparently.
“I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”
Gamble was dressed “like a freakin’ weiner,” he says on the tape
There’s your description, see was that so hard?
She replies, “Aunt Tifa.”
Oh no oh fuck they arrested the head of the Antifa. The organization is in shambles. Together with John Antifa they ran the entire antifas.
Not just the head, but also the shaft.
The body camera footage tells a different story.
Every time. Every. Last. Time.
I don’t think we should arrest people at all until body cam footage comes out, it’s insane how often they lie
We need repurcussions for lying. We need repurcussions for when people are arrested and charges are dropped.
Cops should need to think twice before arresting anyone.
Arresting and charging without footage is fine.
We shouldn’t convict anyone nor should there be a trial until all the footage comes out.
But poor people end up spending days or weeks behind bars after being accused of assaulting officers and it’s wrong
Oh I absolutely agree. If we’re talking about minor things like this they should be booked and released. Unless they are a direct threat to the public they should not be held for more than the time it takes to get their identification, alert them of the charges, and release them.
The trial and convictions should never even start until the body cam is released. That should be released before the first pre-trial date is even scheduled.
Basically, if I am arrested and charged for disorderly, I won’t even be scheduled for a pre-trial court date until prosecution has full unedited body cam footage of my arrest. If they cannot be produced in the time it takes for my pre-trial date with a judge, charges are automatically dismissed without prejudice.
If we’re talking about minor things like this they should be booked and released.
Disagree, this person should’ve been given a high five and bought a drink.
Again, 100% agree. That cop should have been rushed by the 15-25 protesters around her and made to actually fear for his fucking life. He apparently feels so safe and confident that he can assault a grandmother in a dick costume, knowing that him completely by himself won’t see any harm come to him.
He can harm others knowing the two dozen people around him won’t harm him.
Alas… Everyone stood by and let her get arrested. And because of that she shouldn’t see a court until the completely unredacted body cam footage is publicly available.
Does “Aunt Tifa.” have a gofundme yet?
You can rape children and still be the president, but don’t you dare wear a costume and exercise your free speech!!
How many of those cops had ‘Fuck Biden’ flags on their house or bumper stickers on their cars?
All of them.
as he peels off the penis suit, asks Gamble for her name.
She replies, “Aunt Tifa.”
Perfect response. Okay, that lady is a baller (and, apparently, a penis).
Literal big dick energy
Must be related to “Democracy Manifest” guy… in both cases, the officers were not prepared to receive a limp penis.
She’s a badass.
No she’s a badpenis
At the risk of making a sexist comment, she should have been wearing a scrotum for those gigantic balls.
She a baller
Its funny for sure but in many places this is a separate crime so use your own discretion. It’s more challenging/impossible to sue them later if you don’t beat the charges that they slap on you.
