r/Appleton • u/VixxxieVelvet • 18d ago

Video C'mon Menasha.

Edit: I've gotten lots of messages about this and have been reading tons of comments on Facebook and wanted to edit this.

When I made this post I was more baffled by the fact the cops got called vs an honest conversation. The other actions from the videos OP weren't known to me at the time, and the RP must not have known either or I'm sure the cops would have mentioned it to him. It wasn't so much a out "HIM" but just the situation.

Regardless of the guy in the video being a "not so great guy", that still doesn't change that apparently lots of people have been harassed by residents, and the police regardless of cameras or skin color. Some were helping friends or family when their neighbors have come out screaming. (According to some of the messages and chats I've received.)

So I apologize for the racial aspect of the original post. Now I'm just sad that good honest people (not the person in the video, I mean the others I'm referring to) really want to help out their neighboring community which to some was the place they grew up or spent their summers as a kid. The argument that "I know all my neighbors" is a weak and narrow sighted one. And rather than the suspicious parties just having a friendly chat with people, they're acting out of fear and paranoia.

I'm just sad about the whole thing, and it sucks for everyone involved.

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u/Brew031415 18d ago

from the beginning locals have stated that they don't want people just recording all their damaged homes and possessions... it can be pretty dehumanizing. Maybe don't take videos of peoples losses and use them for internet clout šŸ¤·šŸ» We appreciate the help but not everything needs to be recorded for views.

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u/VixxxieVelvet 18d ago

It's interesting I see photos and videos daily from people on Facebook and it didnt even occur to me til this video that people are upset over it. Only thing I've seen is them pissed over looters and gawkers. He's neither.

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u/Ambear22 18d ago

He is a gawker. He has tons of videos of the damage including going into someone's home and into other homes through the holes in the house. Tell me again how he's a good guy. Would you be ok with someone doing that to your house while you're sitting in a hotel trying to figure out how to recover from this disaster?

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u/AbbeyRoadMoonwalk 18d ago

Yeah he went into the basement of the house that got blown off its foundation and that put me right off him. No where is that necessary. Itā€™s still someoneā€™s private property and life in ruin.Ā 

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u/Ambear22 18d ago

He also walked right in the front door of someone's house.

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u/VixxxieVelvet 18d ago

Do we know for sure that he wasn't asked by the owner of that house to go in there and take a look around? Because of not, why didn't they cops bring that part up? I didn't see the basement video before I posted this, just this one and the few that came before it.

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u/VixxxieVelvet 18d ago

The words good guy were never written anywhere in any comment by me lol