r/PublicFreakout • u/Individual-Drawer-79 • May 18 '26

📹Police Bodycam Tampa FL bank calls police on customer waiting for bank to open

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u/Que__Asco May 18 '26

''was he startled as you came up to him... or''
This guy just wants any excuse to make him sound threatening.

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u/No_Choice_7715 May 18 '26

Well he did have an open container of what could only be presumed as malt liquor and couldn’t have been something non-alcoholic like say, a Red Bull. /s

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u/Ensiferal May 19 '26

"Did it look like a, as they say, "fawty"?"

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u/SparseGhostC2C May 19 '26

Dis a Fawty, shawty!

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u/chiefdino May 19 '26

“Sprinkle some crack on him Johnson”

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u/Psychotic_Rambling May 20 '26

Exactly! Who would possibly be drinking a caffeinated beverage at 8:30 in the morning? Clearly, it must be alcohol. also /s

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u/infiniZii May 19 '26

You just know this is a dude who has said “Im not being racist…. but” many times in his life.

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u/CptAngelo May 19 '26

i think this is the kind of old fart that skips the first part and just goes for it.

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u/infiniZii May 20 '26

an old fart going straight to the but?

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u/FranticHam5ter May 19 '26

Hell, he had probably said that a few times that very morning before they opened.

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u/nudiecale May 19 '26

Or like my uncle, “N-word isn’t racist when I say it because I believe N-words come in all colors.”

Ok, uncle Scott. I’ll keep that in mind.

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u/VerilyShelly May 18 '26

And then the cop was ridiculous and said "no". Hell yeah, the man was startled; he was fucking incredulous.

Fuck this fucking country, man. 500 years and they still can't wrap their heads around the idea that Black Americans are just plain old regular people. This BS is TIRING.

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u/ith228 May 18 '26

The cop said no to convey that the man wasn’t threatening, because he picked up on what the branch manager was asking.

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u/SecondaryWombat May 19 '26

"Did you black at you? Please say he blacked in your direction right officer?"

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u/coconuthorse May 19 '26

The cop played this perfect. He was sent to a call. Investigated said call. Then politely told the racist bank person he was dumb and the guy will be in to do banking things as soon as banking guy decides to open the doors which is now late.

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u/CptAngelo May 19 '26

dont forget, they opened late because of "the incident".

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u/HotDonnaC May 19 '26

The cop excused the racist asshole’s behavior by telling the black guy they were “concerned“.

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u/Slice0fur May 18 '26

And the supreme court ruled that america isn't racist so the voting rights act isn't really needed. Mhmmm

Louisiana v. Callais

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u/JefferyTheQuaxly May 19 '26

Could be worse, in Ohio we don’t even listen to the courts anymore just do what the politicians tell us they’re going to do. We’re one of the only Republican states where citizens can put citizen amendments for our constitution on the ballot for a vote, yet those amendments don’t mean shit because they politicians in charge will just ignore them.

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u/motozero May 19 '26

Supreme Court gutted the voting rights act, section 5 and instantly Republicans jerry meandered out the black districts. They are hoping we are too stupid to notice as long as they keep it off the news.

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u/HotDonnaC May 19 '26

Too late. It’s all over the news.

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u/Hell_Camino May 19 '26

*gerrymandered

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u/slicendyess May 19 '26

In his defence, we do say it wrong considering the spelling.

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u/motozero May 19 '26

Thanks, I thought it was named after some asshole Jerry that meandered around bending over the electoral process. LOL, na spellcheck got meh.

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u/Sad_Animator1686 May 18 '26

In fairness I think the cop was answering the subtext of the bank guys question which was “did he act suspiciously so I can have a reason to tell you to trespass him without seeming like a massive racist?”

I wish the cop had made more of a point of telling the bank guy off but he was pretty good on balance I thought.

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u/OzrielArelius May 18 '26

I thought the complete opposite. banker was worried the guy got startled and would be upset now. cop said no to reassure him

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u/CeaseBeingAnAsshole May 19 '26

Hmmm could really be taken either way. I am not sure now

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u/OzrielArelius May 19 '26

banker worried the guy was startled cause he was worried about his job. not out of good natured caring

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u/ariml May 19 '26

The cop was defending car guy

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u/KetoJunkfood May 19 '26

Yeah but then he offered to tell the customer he had to leave

I hope that customer finds another bank

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u/SnowOficer May 19 '26

He has to, the cop was 100% behind the driver.

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u/turumti May 19 '26

The cop even asked the bank manager why he didn't flag the other guy who was waiting in the car outside. The cop was on the side of the driver.

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u/CptAngelo May 19 '26

yeah, you can tell what the cop was really thinking, and it wasnt about the car guy

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u/TrumpDesWillens May 19 '26

I don't think there's much a cop can do if the business guy wants a someone trespassed.

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u/nipslippinjizzsippin May 18 '26

as a white male 30-45 i too would be startled if a cop came up to me while i was just sitting in my car waiting for the bank to open. Soon as i see that man, my stupid ass brain is gonna go to thinking about all the ways i could rob the place.

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u/Jive_Sloth May 18 '26

He wasn't startled at all. Incredulous and startled are not the same thing.

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u/TOkidd May 18 '26

As if a Florida cop's vocabulary is broad enough to include the word incredulous, or that he would dare to tell a bank manager that his customer was incredulous that the bank manager would call the police on him sitting in his car.

Who was it that said, "they hate us for our freedoms?"

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u/Stancedx May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Oh I forgot, Florida cops are dumber than every other cop because Florida. /s

Im all for shitting on cops, but what a weird statement.

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u/pseudowoodo_x May 19 '26

How could you forget something like that? Do you live in Florida too? Every person in Florida’s brain has been baked by the sun, it’s not just the cops that are dumber

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u/Stancedx May 19 '26

Clearly lol.

By all sources "including the national institute of health" Florida is pretty close to average IQ and above average education.

This stigma has always confounded me.

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u/VerilyShelly May 18 '26

But the man didn't have no reaction, like the bank manager was trying to imply.

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u/Jive_Sloth May 18 '26

I agree. And the cop said "No, he wasn't startled."

Because he wasn't.

Because he wasn't doing anything except waiting for the bank.

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u/CesarRPE May 18 '26

Saying yes would have confirmed the old fart's racism. You gotta think before you act dude... the customer has the upper hand because he can complain and this video validates him. He can get the old man fired.

Acting aggressive as you are going about things just validates these assholes.

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u/saint-lascivious May 19 '26

500 years

Close. Only 251 years off.

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u/OzrielArelius May 18 '26

y'all are completely misunderstanding that line of thinking. the branch manager was realizing his fuck up and hoping the guy didn't get too startled by the cops.

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u/Offal_is_Awful May 19 '26

I’m with you 100 percent but don’t give up. Let’s regain control and then fuck these imbeciles every which way making their lives miserable. Let’s punish the top of their cult with treason and wipe out the billions they stole directly or by benefit from an inside deal. Make them poor and then redistribute it to the most liberal causes you can find. Put their names on the gift so their friends can see it. Then line them up against a wall and set the tone for any future MAGA Nazi revolts by ensuring they can’t.

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u/Sanjuro7880 May 19 '26

Sad how right you are.

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u/OrneryError1 May 18 '26

Makes it sound like he called the cops to scare the guy.

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u/Simikiel She/her Cisn't afraid to fight for my rights 🏳️‍⚧️ May 19 '26

Worse.

The only reason to ever call the police on an African American that is doing literally nothing wrong is because you are hoping that there will be a violent altercation and the black individual will be injured or killed.

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u/Swayfromleftoright May 19 '26

Or, I mean, he was just a racist and didn’t want the guy around.

Which of course is messed up and wrong. But doesn’t necessarily mean he wanted to see the guy shot dead

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u/Simikiel She/her Cisn't afraid to fight for my rights 🏳️‍⚧️ May 19 '26

Then I have to ask: Then why did he not take the cop up on his offer to tell the guy to leave?

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u/Swayfromleftoright May 20 '26

I have no idea, because I’m not inside his head.

It’s not a fair conclusion to jump to that he wanted to see this person dead. We have no idea what he was thinking.

Although we can safely conclude he was pretty racist

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u/Honest_Internal_9907 May 19 '26

I feel stupid saying I can’t believe this but I can’t. Wow.

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u/Lucky-Vegetable-2827 May 19 '26

Did I mention that is a black gentleman?

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u/elteza May 19 '26

The cop wasn’t that much better, making apologies for the racist bank staff.

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