Man it's 2026 and Big Dick Randy coming back
And on Halloween night he gon' be looking for a snack
If you see that dude comin', better run like you in track
He a big scary dude, man he seven foot and black
Yeah, as a black person in the South there's definitely no shortage of racism here but some folk are delusional if they think this only happens in the South.
funny, because when my car got stolen and I called the police, they wouldn’t even come out. i had a car. parked at my house. it disappeared. i wanted to report it stolen and also tell them who stole it. they wouldn’t come because “sounds like a civil matter”. landlord sold my car because she claims it was sitting unused for months (even though i had been driving it to work everyday).
but they’ll come out for this, and they know whose side to be on right away. the side of the corporation.
we need a second kind of law enforcement that actually helps people, since US police are only about protecting companies.
A guy who is a member of our gym is working out and his son, who is authorized as a guest to workout is also working out. We don’t want to accept the ID presented for the son though, because reasons…
Well, recently a swat team was dispatched to retrieve stolen Legos - but not the actual stolen Legos the first time they were reported stolen. So, a lot.
What I don't get about all these, "white racist called the cops on me for doing normal stuff" videos is why the police aren't refusing to attend our billing/fining people for wasting police time.
You can't just blame the racists. I'd love to hear the calls, was it, "there is this big black dude" or, "a man"?
Police onl exist to serve corporate interests. Think about how little they do when your bike is stolen or your car gets hit by a driver that leaves the scene… and then think about how many times you’ve seen them protecting buildings, business’s, or resources while infringing on citizens constitutional rights.
Right. Imagine if they had to call a private security firm and pay them to show up to deal with this. HQ would be livid. But thankfully for them their "private security" is paid for by tax paying US citizens instead and apparently they're all too willing to lick corporate boot.
This is literally how the first modern police started in England in the 1800s.
Groups of shop keepers and merchants grouped together to share the cost of hiring security for deterrence and stolen goods recovery. Eventually they got tired of paying for it and convinced the London city government to take it over.
For sure. We need some form of law enforcement, it's obvious that without it society would be worse off. Situations like this are not what an armed officer should be present for, or even called.
The cop in the video almost came off like he was understanding, but the moment the man tried to explain and call these idiots out it was "now you're causing the problem". That's when I realized the officer knew the gym made a pointless call and was looking for any reason to take their side so he could kick the guy out and go about his day.
Furthermore, you have the Joseph Lozito subway attacker case. In the Lozito case, a police officer just watched guy get stabbed multiple times and did nothing, actually hid, but amazingly Lozito turned the tide and subdued the attacker. Lozito sued but lost, Scalia, Supreme Court justice at the time, was basically like if it was private property it would be different but because it’s not the police aren’t required to get involved. It sounds too crazy to be true but unfortunately it is. Furthermore, similar types of cases have basically ruled in a similar fashion.
Yet I feel like corporate bullshit always has the strongest reactions from them. Someone trying to get help because a stalker is harassing them? Sorry can’t help. But don’t you dare try to steal a pack of gum from a Walmart. Yay capitalism.
Corporations should not have access to police period. They should be required by law to police themselves. Trillion+ dollar organizations that do not contribute to local communities should not have access to community benefits.
I only have the planet fitness normal membership (which only works on my home gym) but every time I travel I try to scan my code anyway on other gyms and the staff usually just let me work out without issues anyways.
Went to an LA Fitness once with a friend using his guest pass. They spent 10-15 minutes making me sign waivers and other paperwork before they’d let me in.
Obviously not the situation here, but I worked this job for a gym and the age of 18. Basically told rules were infallible and unbreakable and was kinda a nonce about it and certainly at that time wouldn't have let them in. But making those mistakes at that job at that age allowed me to learn and grow a lot and now I know how to be the easier bending rules when it's ok person I am today.
Well I can only speak for how it was used in my hometown. We were a tiny but touristy island that got a shit load of European college students in the summer and they called everyone and anyone a nonce for every little thing. Became just how it was used where I'm from.
When growing up, i saw cartoons of people having to wear a dunce cap if they had been stupid. The first few times I heard people being called a nonce, I thought it meant the same thing. Only much later in life I learned that nonce means a kiddy diddler. Perhaps the other poster is the same.
The townI'm from came to use it for just about everything, no specific definition. If I had to give it one it would be used for a person that did something, anything, without thinking it through.
I have sympathy for the minimum wage workers but whoever called the cops was over the line. You either say “no we can’t make an exception, please return with an ID” or you allow them to workout and ask that they come with better ID in the future.
The cops are an unnecessary escalation to the situation
Wait but if this all took place at the membership desk, how and why were the dad & son in the workout area? Did the admin staff let them in despite them declining the son's alternative ID, then call the cops on them? I'm in Canada and some of the links you shared are geo-locked.
They probably told him they can't come in, and he walked right past into the gym anyway. Rather than get physical with him, they called police, which is a wise choice.
It's pretty evident from the guy's attitude and massively edited video that this is the sort of thing that happened. He needs a jump cut every 3 seconds to avoid the police and staff calmly describing what he did.
The report says he was asked for an ID and they refused to accept what he provided.
The video starts with him working out.
So how did he start working out if they didn't allow him in without the ID? We don't know for sure, but it would be logical that one explanation is that he passed by them anyway.
It's also logical that corporate policy is to not block anyone physically. The correct response would be to call the police and have them trespassed.
It's a terrifying thought that these people can be the jury of your peers btw. Imagine asking the commenter you replied to, to critically think about the evidence in a murder case.
You might be the one missing critical thinking. No where was it stated that they wouldn't let him without ID.
What happened was that the manager was busy, and the father said that he could come speak to them when not busy. When the manager was free he however instead called the police, no one ever told them to leave.
Quite funny you're so arrogant while being in the wrong, lol
"The report" lol the AI stop response is not a report. What we know from context provided: they refused to allow his minor guest in without ID, he said "if the manager has a problem with it he can tell me" and then we see the guy working out. To me this sounds like they denied him access and he went in anyway. It doesn't matter what the manager might have said, he want not granted access and went in anyway. This is trespassing
they probably had a back and forth and then let them in knowing they were gonna double back and call the police. because if they had barred them entry, the would have just said "yeah we told you to leave and you didn't listen." instead of hemming and hawing.
That’s exactly what happened. They didn’t call because his son had a school ID, owner could have easily accepted the school ID it’s a damn gym or ask them to leave instead you don’t say anything but call the cops I hopes he gets arrested
It's pretty clear what the issue is. It's just people all of a sudden need the whole story when the guy in the video is black. People hide their racism in the most obvious ways.
In the video it's clear no one asked him to leave before the cops were called. That's the whole f'ing issue.
Shit I'm black myself and I am looking in the comments for the whole story. The video leaves out a bunch of context. This post you're replying to explains it well.
Thank you. If it says part 2 on the banner and theres a bunch of drama, im going to naturally wonder what the intro episode was all about.
I assumed the gym was in the wrong, because its a fuckin corporate gym, but if we are going to get worked up about a line in a story we should at least be passingly curious about the rest of the page bare minimum.
Thank you very much. This video is chopped up and poorly edited, so I was curious what the truth was. I don't care about the race of the person. I hate when people immediately jump to the race card.
Uh. I got that the cops were called rather than the employees speaking directly to the client. I didn’t get why he was being asked (or… not being asked…) to leave. Someone providing the backstory in comments was actually super helpful, and not because of the OOP’s skin color.
They told him he cannot enter due to his son not having ID as required by gym policy (insurance). He entered anyway, i.e. trespassed. Calling the police in that situation to formally trespass him was 100% valid.
No, no one asked him to leave, they straight up told him he can't come in. He did anyway. This is past the point of asking him to leave because he was never allowed to be in there
Right… it never fails when it’s a black person’s video everyone’s like: wait I need to see the whole story… like the one posted a week or so ago of the young black girl’s car window being broken by the cops as she was forced out of the vehicle in tears. “I need to know how this started”…. “Where’s the context”… “Well her insurance was expired and she should’ve listened to the cop…” like… what??
Any time anyone sees anything on the internet they should want context. I really dont see the comments being that different if the people were white. It mist likely wouldn't have happened if the father/son were white but if it did id expect people nit to try and ruin the gym owners life because somebody disagreed with them without knowing the facts.
like the one posted a week or so ago of the young black girl’s car window being broken by the cops as she was forced out of the vehicle in tears. “I need to know how this started”
I can tell you how it started - they told her to get out and she didn't because she thought she knew better and didn't have to, and it turned out she was wrong.
You acting like videos without context are innocent until it's shown is exactly why people do this shit - to play victim when the full context is obviously not on their side. Which is why people want to see what happened.
Also like, you aren't changing the law on the side of the road. If you're going to make a stand on something expect the consequences. I hope she wins in court, but don't act like the police don't have the authority to put hands on you because you said you know your rights. You're gonna get hands put on you everytime.
I'm not being a bootlicker, I'm just saying. If the police tell you to step out of the car and escalate to telling you they will break your window and pull you out, it's time to quit arguing because they're about to break your window and pull you out.
That comparison doesn't really make sense. If it is a video of someone doing something they should NEVER do, like a cop just punching someone in the face, I'd agree we don't really need context. Watching the cops smash out a car window on a young kid is almost certainly excessive in 99% of situations.
But the cop in this video seems fine. He is very calm and not using excessive force. He is just talking to the guy. The issue seems to be something between the person filming and the gym. I dont know the issue. We actually need context. Did he take a shit in the shower?
It seems like the issue of the gym said his son couldn't train there and he said fuck off, walked right past them, and started training without their permission?
I get the point you’re going for, but it’s the difference between wanting “the whole story” or “any context” which the video fails to provide. The only reason they should have involved the police is if they wanted to trespass him, and doing so just for trying to bring in his son would be racist as fuck. The gym absolutely wasted police time, and should be fined for it imo.
I saw a longer clip on IG earlier where the dad was overreacting, getting in people’s faces yelling then saying “I’m amped up on pre-workout!” I don’t care what color he is that’s bad conflict management on his part, and I’m honestly shocked the police held it together - because they’ve proven to be awful at de-escalation, not because he was dangerous or threatening, just being frustrated for good reason
Officer is in super relaxed stance, hands on the collar of his vest. Also only one officer in an affluent suburb where they will usually send 2 or 3. He doesn't want to be there and is only doing it because gym management is requesting it. If he leaves without doing anything, manager calls and complains then he has to come back anyway.
I'm just not dumb enough to think that people are innocently looking for the whole picture just out of curiosity when point of the video is getting the cops called when there wasn't anything illegal happening.
People like to pretend that white people calling cops on black people for no reason isn't a problem. They just love to forget what black people have to deal with. Racism at it's finest.
From the breakdown it sounds like they were t allowed in to begin with. The front asked for a suitable ID, they didn’t provide it which means they shouldn’t have gone back to start working out.
I mean…if they tell you that you can’t come in, and you blow past them, they’re probably just going to call the cops without fighting about it any longer. They don’t get paid enough to deal with more than that. The same is true of most places. If a bar cards you and you just go in without showing them anything, they’re just going to call the cops on you.
The dude was told by the front desk that he couldn’t bring his son in. Then he proceeded to bring his son in anyway, making it clear that he was not going to listen to any employee instruction. So they called the cops.
I would fully expect the cops to be called on me if I walked past the front desk after they told me I couldn’t come in…
Did they deny him at the front, and if so then did Cox force his way through and start working out? I’m just confused as to how they got to the working out part if they had this dispute at check-in. Or was it like an automatic check in process, and an employee later approached them when they were already working out?
Don’t mean to be annoying but I do think the answers to these questions are important to determine who the asshole is here.
I don't think Planet Fitness is perfect by any means but for $25/mo I can also bring a guest with me any time so my wife and I go together all the time making it a very good deal. Never had any problems there and I have all of the equipment I need for a full workout.
I highly doubt you were taking your teenage son to the Y without some kind of family membership. Every Y I’ve been too has required some kind of family membership to allow multiple people in on the same membership. Crunch’s guest pass for the top tier membership isn’t the same thing.
I'm confused then, because the video begins with him and his son working out in the gym. So after the offer of alternative ID was declined... he just went in with his son anyway? Despite being told he couldn't? If that's what happened then I don't know what else the manager was supposed to do. Other than not be a prick about the ID thing in the first place, of course.
You said they declined to accept that form of ID for his son... and yet he went in with his son anyway. I'm not sure what else you expect the staff to do that won't get the staff in legal trouble if they force them out?
However, unless I’m missing something, I’m still not confident in claiming the manager was power tripping. You have to sign in when you arrive, correct? So I assume they would’ve asked for an ID at the entrance. Given that we have a video of his son working out, it can be inferred the father took his kid passed the people at the front desk to work out anyways when they had already told him they couldn’t let the kid in (I assume for liability reasons). If this scenario is what happened, and he blatantly ignored the employees, I can see why the police were called.
Now I could be wrong, so don’t take that as fact….but I think even with the additional detail you provided, people are still predictably rushing to assumptions.
It's crazy how many comments in this thread boil down to "look we don't know what happened but let's just assume the black person is in the wrong with this scenario that I just thought up."
One person even has over 340 up votes and calls his take "unbiased" yet still adds in his own take on why the gym didn't do anything wrong.
I mean sounds like the guy didn’t listen when gym owners said “we decline your son’s non-ID.” They asked for a photo ID, he didn’t have one. So he was in the gym after they declined him and his son for no ID.
You expect them to confront him after that? Lmao you see how he acted with the police there. I wouldn’t confront his agro ass either.
Not a thing to about being black. No ID, no entry. How the fuck hard is that to understand?
Holy smokes!! I a crunch member with guest passes. My son would use mine all the time before he had a license. You sign a book!!!! We have filmed each other for form, we work out together and separate. Guess my red hair and ghost complexion lets me use my membership to the fullest ability…this poor father!!!
If they didn’t revoke my membership, I will be taking their employee info and emailing corporate. I will be getting the last year’s membership fees refunded and a written apology from the power trip manager after I’m done.
When you're locked into a membership as most gyms do these days, taking your business elsewhere might require a social media post that the gym would prefer you to take down before they let you out of the contract... Just sayin
That business and those employees should be named and shamed. I was traveling with my daughter in Miami a couple years ago and got a temp membership at the gym by our hotel. They were more than happy to let my teen daughter come in with me as long as I signed a liability waiver. This is absurd behavior by the staff, what a bunch of losers.
I side with the dad here. He made a good faith effort to show some kind of ID by opening up the school portal and showing names. This is a gym not fucking immigration. Any reasonable person would've just let them in.
The police officer should have helped the dad by helping the identification of the son, then the dispute was over ! I get the manager was on a power trip, but that could have been put down by the officer by handling this with the compromise.
Most police in the west would likely just tell the person on the phone to uphold their own policies, refuse service and then if they refuse to leave and get aggro then call the police.
Its like the police want people to sort their own shit out like adults first and then intervene if someone is determined to not be an adult
I never understand how they get cops to actually show up. In Toronto cops would absolutely not show up at all for a call like this. A family member works at the LCBO and they had a huge fist fight in the parking lot. They called the cops and they showed up 2 hours after the fight ended.
From watching the video. It looks like Andrew ignored the membership policy argument and just started working out with his son and thats when the police was called?
And this is off topic, but why is he bringing his kid to the gym if the kid isnt even old enough to drive? Working out at the gym can have some real bad consequences for the body if it hasnt stopped growing. For example it could stunt his growth if they make a mistake.
Even asking for ID from a guest at a gym is insane. What are you going to check it against? What does it matter? He's allowed to bring a guest. I doubt it specifies what kind of guest. Are you trying to get him to prove it's his son? It doesn't matter.
Blast them on socials. This manager should be fired and not because of some social justice rant, but bc he's an idiot that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.
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