“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.”

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    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).

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    “I’m serious as a heart attack,” he tells Gamble when the audio begins to play on the 14-minute body camera video.

    You’re exactly right. Just like a heart attack is a sign that a person is in distress and dying, people like you are a sign that our government is in distress and dying.

    “I’m not gonna sit here and argue with you.”

    Typical statement from a person who shouldn’t ever be allowed authority over others.

    “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

    They’re your shitty children. It’s your job to prepare them for the real world, not mine. If you can’t figure out how to explain something like this to them, then you probably shouldn’t have children…

    But I’m guessing you haven’t done much to raise them yourself. Someone like you who bludgeons people with authority probably leaves the actual parenting to someone else, and only makes yourself known at home through violence.

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      “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

      I’m pretty sure his children are already familiar with the notion of an adult being a massive dick.

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      You’re not wrong, but this isn’t a prudism problem. It’s more like a “if it offends YOU, you’re a snowflake, but if it offends ME, then you’re under arrest” problem.

      She turned her back on a cop and walked away. No better way to get arrested than to remind them how small they really are.

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      We need more nekkid people just showing up where ever. Everyone listen up. Hide your face, get undressed, protest hard. Run away quickly & put clothes on. Then ditch the mask. How in the hell is anyone really going to notice any facial features. You are all welcome. I may be the only one that follows through. However, I have tje utmost faith in this minimalist approach. As long as the weather is cooperative btw.

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    How many of those cops had ‘Fuck Biden’ flags on their house or bumper stickers on their cars?

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    She says her name is Aunt Tifa? I will struggle my entire like to achieve that level of facetious. She is a legend

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    You can rape children and still be the president, but don’t you dare wear a costume and exercise your free speech!!

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    Uhhh children should be aware of human bodies and what parts they have. That guys Christian values are showing.

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      Considering the post right above this is about the arrested pastor that wrote a book about “christian sexual ethics”, I’m willing to venture that this cop’s are performative at best as well.

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      Nah, he’s just a pedo. Informed children are harder to rape. Though I guess you did say Christian values.

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    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.”

    I would like to hear how you would explain to your children if they ever cross paths with the man this grandmother was protesting, they should probably run as far away as possible. You know, because he’s a fucking pedophile.

    Talking to a colleague over his two-way radio after the encounter, Babb described what happened. Gamble was dressed “like a freakin’ weiner,”

    Babb asks where the zipper is and, as he peels off the penis suit, asks Gamble for her name.

    She replies, “Aunt Tifa.

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    “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.

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    The lack of professionalism here is astounding. If you, Mr Popo think that that member of the public is doing something arrestable, you don’t get into a debate about “yaw kidz” and escalate a peaceful situation to a clusterfuck. Make the arrest in a professional way, and be done with it.

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      Well the point is to try and badger the innocent citizen to doing something actionable. They were still going for the arrest but a reason would have been a nice bonus.