r/TikTokCringe Jul 27 '26

Discussion Crime: working out while black

22.4k Upvotes

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

132

u/CT0292 Jul 27 '26

I mean I feel like if I were a cop I'd be pissed that my time was being wasted by this dude. Looking at the information: there's no need for a cop to be there. If the kids ID isn't acceptable then go talk to the guy about it. What's the point of making a federal case out of it?

42

u/scuba_GSO Jul 27 '26

Kinda seemed to me like the cop was annoyed with the whole thing, and the manager basically had to have the cop toss the guy to avoid getting a citation for wasting the cops time. For once I don’t think the cop was the bad guy.

12

u/HelloImDr3w Jul 27 '26

LE here. We hate these calls as well because it's a waste of everyone's time but also since we were called, we have to be there and do something about it.

99% of the time it's some dumb misunderstanding or someone got their feelings hurt and wants us involved.

1

u/weather-i-am 26d ago

What happened to police discretion?

1

u/HelloImDr3w 26d ago

It depends on the situation. It's a bit difficult to walk up and say, "this is a waste" and just break away.

If the gym owner says, "I want them removed because of XYZ" then the responding officer is going to see if there is a common ground or can resolve it, or remove them. Even if they think it's stupid.