“I’m serious as a heart attack,” he tells Gamble when the audio begins to play on the 14-minute body camera video. “I’m not gonna sit here and argue with you.”
He demands to know how she could possibly justify such an obscene display: “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”
Talking to a colleague over his two-way radio after the encounter, Babb described what happened. Gamble was dressed “like a freakin’ weiner,” he says on the tape, so he ordered her to remove the costume. She refused, invoking her First Amendment rights.
“Am I being detained?” Gamble repeatedly asks Babb, who ignores the question and continues to scold her. “If I’m not being detained, I’m gonna go ahead and leave.”
When she turns to walk away, Babb steps forward and grabs her costume from behind, throwing her on her back. Angry protesters shout at Babb as he forces her to turn over. Two more cops help him pin Gamble on the grass and handcuff her.
“By the time I got there, the cops were stuffing an inflatable penis in the back of their car,” Rae said.
It was, on one hand, hilarious — a slapstick comedy bit brought to life. In the body camera footage, Babb tries and fails to fit Gamble into his own backseat, then hands her off to another officer, who escorts her to a different vehicle. Police wrestle with the oversized costume, ultimately failing to fit the unwieldy polyester penis into the car.
It was also disturbing. Gamble screams in pain in the video as the cops try to push her into the backseat, the handcuffs digging into her wrists. Babb asks where the zipper is and, as he peels off the penis suit, asks Gamble for her name.
She replies, “Aunt Tifa.”
as he peels off the penis suit, asks Gamble for her name.
She replies, “Aunt Tifa.”
Perfect response. Okay, that lady is a baller (and, apparently, a penis).
She’s a badass.
No she’s a badpenis
Must be related to “Democracy Manifest” guy… in both cases, the officers were not prepared to receive a limp penis.
Literal big dick energy
Its funny for sure but in many places this is a separate crime so use your own discretion. It’s more challenging/impossible to sue them later if you don’t beat the charges that they slap on you.
She doesn’t owe him any explanation regarding her costume.
This could not be more ridiculous. Pedophelia and sex trafficking are literally being normalized to levels of “locker room talk” in 2026. Nobody is facing justice. We’re basically just legalizing pedophelia for the wealthy, which apparently we’ve always done, we just have to accept it as official now. And maybe that was the point of Trump focusing so much attention on pedophiles in the first place?
However, a grandmother wearing an inflatable penis costume to protest captain pedophile while he holds the highest office in the United States is the real danger to children. Got it.
Straight to jail with you granny.
America has a dire prudism problem.
You’re not wrong, but this isn’t a prudism problem. It’s more like a “if it offends YOU, you’re a snowflake, but if it offends ME, then you’re under arrest” problem.
She turned her back on a cop and walked away. No better way to get arrested than to remind them how small they really are.
How many of those cops had ‘Fuck Biden’ flags on their house or bumper stickers on their cars?
All of them.
She says her name is Aunt Tifa? I will struggle my entire like to achieve that level of facetious. She is a legend
You can rape children and still be the president, but don’t you dare wear a costume and exercise your free speech!!
Its OK if its their guy raping and killing people/children.
But they’ll clutch their pearls if you say fuck. Hate these people.
“Obscenity” is kinda meaningless when you have a president that raped children.
Uhhh children should be aware of human bodies and what parts they have. That guys Christian values are showing.
He demands to know how she could possibly justify such an obscene display: “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”
I would like to hear how you would explain to your children if they ever cross paths with the man this grandmother was protesting, they should probably run as far away as possible. You know, because he’s a fucking pedophile.
Talking to a colleague over his two-way radio after the encounter, Babb described what happened. Gamble was dressed “like a freakin’ weiner,”
Babb asks where the zipper is and, as he peels off the penis suit, asks Gamble for her name.
She replies, “Aunt Tifa.
Say it with me
REPUBLICANS ARE FASCISTS
how is a penis obscene and how does it threaten children to see a penis costume?
The lack of professionalism here is astounding. If you, Mr Popo think that that member of the public is doing something arrestable, you don’t get into a debate about “yaw kidz” and escalate a peaceful situation to a clusterfuck. Make the arrest in a professional way, and be done with it.
Well the point is to try and badger the innocent citizen to doing something actionable. They were still going for the arrest but a reason would have been a nice bonus.
“Protests should remain peaceful and free of profanity and obscene displays.” Mayor Sherry Sullivan told reporters.
City Council President Jack Burrell said the costume violated “community standards.”
Fairhope was founded as a utopian experiment in the late 1800s… by independent thinkers [and] has imbued Fairhope with an enduring sense of civic pride.
Sounds like Aunt Tifa should run for mayor and be rid of someone that’s forgotten why the town even exists.
Hey Champ, you keep this up and a person might take offense.
It’s been a month and you’re still bothering to downvote whenever you happen across a comment of mine?
Hope you can move past my utensil choices at some point. I’m not big on subletting a room in your head, even if it’s provided free of charge.
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Pretty sad @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world. Curious decision to habitually downvote rather than block seeing as my existing so annoys you. Self inflicted annoyance if I’ve ever seen it.
The crowd should have tackled and restrained the cops. No more rogue police, it’s time for the citizens to pin you to the ground, cuff you, and leave you there to ROT
I’d love to see this - but not for this situation. Totally pointless. Counter-productive.
Cops got her on disorderly conduct, after the fact. Jt’s a bullshit charge. They had nothing to charge her with otherwise.
But she’s got a civil rights violation lawsuit in the bag. She’s clearly heard repeating “Am I being detained?” The officer didn’t answer and then used physical force to bring her down.
And even outside the law, the court of public opinion matters. Starting a riot by beating the shit out of a cop might not look so good. It’s 20 on 1, and he could get disoriented and fire into the crowd.
But, for the record, if you are EVER dressed as a life-sized penis and a cop asks “What am I supposed to tell my kids?”, you should answer “Tell them Trump is a dick.”
Because that’s an honest answer and there’s nothing inherently sexual about this situation. Half the world has penises, there’s naked statues and painting and pics of penises in every culture around the world. Kids can handle it.
the crowd didn’t react because they are the same as that police officer, they think alike.
anyone in any free country would’ve reacted, but the us isn’t a free country.
Aunt Tifa
I am stealing this. It is beautiful.
