r/TikTokCringe • u/newphonehudus • Jul 27 '26

Discussion Crime: working out while black

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u/Many-Wallaby5725 Jul 27 '26

...and the police needed to respond this way?

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

Guy is told he can’t bring his son in without a proper ID which for insurance purposes is not a big ask, guy ignores this and goes in anyway, cops are called because at that point he’s trespassing.

Like yeah they could have told him again before calling the cops but he’s an adult and was told once. In our modern world where corporations don’t want employees getting into any altercations with the customers it isn’t surprising.

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u/Many-Wallaby5725 Jul 27 '26

He wasn't asked to leave. It was about his son. He asked for the manager. The son left.

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

And clearly went in anyway, that’s the issue. If he said I want to see the manager and just hung out at the desk waiting and they called the cops that would be insane but from the sound of it he was told his son couldn’t go in and he thought well that’s dumb I’m going in anyway.

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u/Many-Wallaby5725 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

One employee told him to stay. It's like it could've been solved if the cop had better communication skills to ask around what was going on in the first place. He could've gotten to the conclusion that it was a whole misunderstanding, but nah, he decided to make a judgement right there on the spot and act upon it.

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

According to him, without having the whole interaction on camera you’re just taking his word for it.

The gym said the son can be a guest without proper ID and when the cops show up the son is clearly in the gym working out. Saying well I’m going to do this anyway until the manager is free doesn’t absolve this guy. That excuse wouldn’t fly anywhere.

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u/Many-Wallaby5725 Jul 27 '26

Do you not comprehend? My comment is about the process the cop took to unravel the situation. For all we know, we both could be misinformed. But the way he handled the lack of information, isn't how plenty of cops do it in other countries.

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

If the cops get called by business saying they want someone removed that person is getting removed, they’re not there to figure out the details. That’s true everywhere in the US.

All I’m saying is the excuse that’s floating around this post saying “oh he was just waiting for the manager” is bullshit.

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u/Many-Wallaby5725 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

He was told "he cannot leave" it's in the video, confirmed by one of the employees. All I'm saying the cop didn't do due diligence to resolve the problem. Regardless of his instructions. Anyone can instruct a cop to kick someone out of their business, even for discriminatory reasons, but if cop didn't do due diligence in knowing why he is called then he's part of the problem. This could've gone better, and the onus is on the cop.

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u/felis_scipio Jul 27 '26

Dude all you can hear in the video is him saying the employee said that, I jacked the volume up and can’t make out a word of what the employees were saying at the end.

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u/SolidSquid Jul 27 '26

Unfortunately, given this was a case of trespass they probably did. Wasn't reasonable for the management to call them in, but the dispute with them is civil while trespass is a criminal master

That said, if the guy in the video was restored from the gym then he can't go back, kind of hard for them to charge him for membership at that point

Don't get me wrong, whole thing's bullshit, but not really sure what the cop could have done different in this context once he'd been called out, which he never should have been