“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.”
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).
She’s a badass.
No she’s a badpenis
Must be related to “Democracy Manifest” guy… in both cases, the officers were not prepared to receive a limp penis.
oh look another coward cop who clutches pearls at having to explain what a penis is to their children.
Explaining genitals to children makes is significantly harder to molest them. Can’t have that happening.
we all know he’s showed his kids his before, fuckin pigs
“Show” as in dressing/undressing together before going swimming etc? I don’t see a problem there. Except him struggling with his shame.
edit: Prudes. Being naked with your kids is not abuse.
She says her name is Aunt Tifa? I will struggle my entire like to achieve that level of facetious. She is a legend
You can rape children and still be the president, but don’t you dare wear a costume and exercise your free speech!!
Its OK if its their guy raping and killing people/children.
But they’ll clutch their pearls if you say fuck. Hate these people.
Unless it’s “Fuck Biden / Clinton / Harris et al”
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.
Starting with one week of pay and going up every time the repeat. Touching the pocket is a good way to stop anyone from doing something bad.
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.
As it is, she gets the awareness raising she wants, and they look stupid. Even a KKKristian judge can only give her minor charges. If the crowd rushed the cops, she could be charged with Inciting a Riot. Which is serious unless you’re the PrickOTUS. She seems to be on top of the situation, making sure the footage will confirm any injuries she can claim. Not that she is enjoying it or sought such stupid and over-aggressive treatment. But she knows she has less to fear than a black man.
How many of those cops had ‘Fuck Biden’ flags on their house or bumper stickers on their cars?
All of them.
More black and blue stupidity from the auth-right.
America has a dire prudism problem.
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.
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.
Wear a Nixon mask.
10-4 Roger that affirmative Ghostrider👍
Gee, wonder who that cop voted for. I bet we could never guess /s
I would begin to explain clearly, and fully to my child what was going on, including the symbolism. The kid would get bored halfway through and ask about something else.
They’re mad at the protest, and they’re looking for any excuse to come down hard on the protesters.
how is a penis obscene and how does it threaten children to see a penis costume?
Republicans dont want their victims seeing what a real penis looks like and comparing it to their own tiny junk.
Say it with me
REPUBLICANS ARE FASCISTS
“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.
These people need the definition of “obscenity” beaten into them. Roughly it’s “something that any reasonable person would object to existing at all”
What a laughable standard. Everything on earth is obscene by this standard.
Reasonable people reject all things, you mean?
You’re always going to be able to find a reasonable person that has an objection that doesn’t meet everyone else’s. If the only thing it takes is one person objecting, there is nothing in the world that isn’t obscene. People can be reasonable about all things, aside from one idea, and then their objection makes it obscene by the proposed definition.
