“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.”

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[–] 320 points 7 months ago (7 children)

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).

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  • [–] 225 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    oh look another coward cop who clutches pearls at having to explain what a penis is to their children.

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  • [+] -11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    "Show" as in dressing/undressing together before going swimming etc? I don't see a problem there. Except him struggling with his shame.

    edit: Prudes. Being naked with your kids is not abuse.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Agree with your Edit. Nakedness is nothing inherently sexual. Kids shouldn't learn that they have to be ashamed of having a body, nor genitals. Kids need role model for this, as for anything else. Having parents treat nakedness as something normal is beneficial for children.

    Obviously there is a right time and place for it.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    "I would like to hear how he explains to his children what he's supposed to be."

    Is nakedness a thing in US families? Probably not. But even so, the question will come up. Some kids are even bold enough to poke it and ask. Presumely because they're fed up with never getting a proper answer.

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  • [–] 162 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    The body camera footage tells a different story.

    Every time. Every. Last. Time.

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  • [–] 48 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    I don't think we should arrest people at all until body cam footage comes out, it's insane how often they lie

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  • [–] 48 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    We need repurcussions for lying. We need repurcussions for when people are arrested and charges are dropped.

    Cops should need to think twice before arresting anyone.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Arresting and charging without footage is fine.

    We shouldn't convict anyone nor should there be a trial until all the footage comes out.

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    But poor people end up spending days or weeks behind bars after being accused of assaulting officers and it's wrong

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Oh I absolutely agree. If we're talking about minor things like this they should be booked and released. Unless they are a direct threat to the public they should not be held for more than the time it takes to get their identification, alert them of the charges, and release them.

    The trial and convictions should never even start until the body cam is released. That should be released before the first pre-trial date is even scheduled.

    Basically, if I am arrested and charged for disorderly, I won't even be scheduled for a pre-trial court date until prosecution has full unedited body cam footage of my arrest. If they cannot be produced in the time it takes for my pre-trial date with a judge, charges are automatically dismissed without prejudice.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    If we’re talking about minor things like this they should be booked and released.

    Disagree, this person should've been given a high five and bought a drink.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Again, 100% agree. That cop should have been rushed by the 15-25 protesters around her and made to actually fear for his fucking life. He apparently feels so safe and confident that he can assault a grandmother in a dick costume, knowing that him completely by himself won't see any harm come to him.

    He can harm others knowing the two dozen people around him won't harm him.

    Alas... Everyone stood by and let her get arrested. And because of that she shouldn't see a court until the completely unredacted body cam footage is publicly available.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    As it is, she gets the awareness raising she wants, and they look stupid. Even a KKKristian judge can only give her minor charges. If the crowd rushed the cops, she could be charged with Inciting a Riot. Which is serious unless you're the PrickOTUS. She seems to be on top of the situation, making sure the footage will confirm any injuries she can claim. Not that she is enjoying it or sought such stupid and over-aggressive treatment. But she knows she has less to fear than a black man.

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  • [–] 125 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    She doesn't owe him any explanation regarding her costume.

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  • [–] [S] 113 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    The woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13 provided several verifiable details about her life in interviews with the FBI, according to a new report. The woman detailed her alleged abuse by Trump and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein over four interviews in 2019, the Epstein files revealed. The interviews were initially kept secret by the DOJ.

    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.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    This could not be more ridiculous. Pedophelia and sex trafficking are literally being normalized to levels of “locker room talk” in 2026.

    I remember when Lumpty Trumpty was running the first time and the "grab them by the pussy" tape came out. I was talking to a colleague who was like "it's just locker room talk". I was like "Uh, that's advocating for sexual assault."

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Advocating sexual assault is bad enough, but Trump is a literal rapist!

    I'm not even talking about the Epstein files! It was proven in court that he raped his ex-wife. Look up the details if you want, but it's pretty dark and was clearly revenge. And we're supposed to believe that this guy, who made sexual comments about his own underage daughter and bragged about barging in on Miss Teen USA contestants in their dressing rooms... We're supposed to believe this guy held himself back and followed the law!?

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  • [–] 77 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    “I’m serious as a heart attack,” he tells Gamble when the audio begins to play on the 14-minute body camera video.

    You're exactly right. Just like a heart attack is a sign that a person is in distress and dying, people like you are a sign that our government is in distress and dying.

    “I’m not gonna sit here and argue with you.”

    Typical statement from a person who shouldn't ever be allowed authority over others.

    “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

    They're your shitty children. It's your job to prepare them for the real world, not mine. If you can't figure out how to explain something like this to them, then you probably shouldn't have children......

    But I'm guessing you haven't done much to raise them yourself. Someone like you who bludgeons people with authority probably leaves the actual parenting to someone else, and only makes yourself known at home through violence.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    Right! What's more concerning? A giant Weiner or somebody tackling grandma? My family all thinks farts and Weiner's are hilarious because they are. We immature, sure but who wants to be mature when that means you tackle grandma?

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

    I'm pretty sure his children are already familiar with the notion of an adult being a massive dick.

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  • [–] 71 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    How many of those cops had ‘Fuck Biden’ flags on their house or bumper stickers on their cars?

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  • [–] 69 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    America has a dire prudism problem.

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    We need more nekkid people just showing up where ever. Everyone listen up. Hide your face, get undressed, protest hard. Run away quickly & put clothes on. Then ditch the mask. How in the hell is anyone really going to notice any facial features. You are all welcome. I may be the only one that follows through. However, I have tje utmost faith in this minimalist approach. As long as the weather is cooperative btw.

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  • [–] 65 points 7 months ago

    She says her name is Aunt Tifa? I will struggle my entire like to achieve that level of facetious. She is a legend

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  • [–] 60 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You can rape children and still be the president, but don't you dare wear a costume and exercise your free speech!!

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  • [–] 57 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    “Obscenity” is kinda meaningless when you have a president that raped children.

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  • [–] [S] 56 points 7 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 48 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Uhhh children should be aware of human bodies and what parts they have. That guys Christian values are showing.

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  • [–] 41 points 7 months ago

    That woman is an absolute legend

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  • [–] 39 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    how is a penis obscene and how does it threaten children to see a penis costume?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Ya see, the thing about ambushes...

    spoilerJoke in poor taste about the nature of secrets and surprises. Notably, lotta interesting hearsay bout some very inescapable dingaling shame among the kid-rapers. Probably no link between those things, or that and convincing big groups of strangers that their own basic biology is shameful.

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

    Gamble was dressed “like a freakin’ weiner,” he says on the tape

    There's your description, see was that so hard?

    She replies, “Aunt Tifa.”

    Oh no oh fuck they arrested the head of the Antifa. The organization is in shambles. Together with John Antifa they ran the entire antifas.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago

    Say it with me

    REPUBLICANS ARE FASCISTS

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Lesson: Don't wear clothes underneath your penis costume. If they want to undress you for not wearing the state approved clothing, they need to deal with you being naked instead.

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago

    Aunt Tifa rules.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    “This type of behavior or display is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in Fairhope,” Mayor Sherry Sullivan told reporters. “Protests should remain peaceful and free of profanity and obscene displays.”

    Fairly sure profanity and obscene displays means anything the Government doesn't like.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    The fact that a grown adult in position of government can say "Protests should remain peaceful and free of profanity and obscene displays." Is a sign of something very wrong.

    Mayor you are confusing a parade for a protest.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    Sounds like Mayor Sullivan is a pretentious, prudish cunt...who needs to be replaced by someone with a sense of humor...you know, a decent human being. Our US government is on full display as a bunch of fascist, profane, obscene pedophiles...but the good mayor seems okay with that part being filthy and obscene. People make me sick. It's goddamned penis...it's part of the human body - the thing they always yell about being in God's image...they must be ashamed of their god, too, then...

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago

    its easy to explain the costume to a child. she is dressed as the current president of the united states of america. The second and bigger dick president.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago

    Aunt Tifa

    I am stealing this. It is beautiful.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago

    Yes, let’s arrest penis costume grandma instead of warmongering pedoffending nazi monster. (I mean, that even feels insulting to the word monster).

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago*

    Ah, yes. It's time for the traditional american concern that children may see a cartoon peepee, while at the time not giving a single flying fuck about children getting killed by very real pewpews... or being fucked by the big orange pedo's deformed peepee.

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    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.”

    In the photo she is clearly dressed as a cop - how could he not recognize this?

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

    Some of your children probably have what I am. Are you saying that having a penis is an obscene thing? Because half the population has one.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    These weirdos will tell their kids it's a "no-no square" to avoid having to use the word "penis." Then when their youth pastor molests them, they can go right to calling it whatever he does. Smooths over all that unnecessary sex communication librulz say you have to do.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    It still truly amazes me how much these cops know they can just feel so emboldened as a single individual cop can haul down a grandmother in front of 15-20 protesters, and he knows nothing will happen to him, not just from violating her rights, but knowing all these angry protesters holding sticks, flags, and signs won't bludgeon him.

    The reason this shit keeps happening is the police knowing they're completely off limits.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago*

    Easy, your children are not my burden, what kind of liberal commie crap do you think your spewing

    moves goalpost

    "You want ME to pay for YOUR children.

    What are you a welfare queen? Maybe you should get a real job.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago

    Your honor the jury finds the defendant deeply hilarious

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Penis costumes and dildos of unusual size are about to get sold out real quick.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago

    He nonconsentually touched the penis. What the fuck.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    I would begin to explain clearly, and fully to my child what was going on, including the symbolism. The kid would get bored halfway through and ask about something else.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

    Any kid who doesn't know what she was dressed as can be told she's anything. Any kid who knows what she was dressed as doesn't need told.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    I am going to put a grandma costume on my penis & show ‘em what’s up!

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    “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.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    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.

    Context

    My parent comment in this post:

    Last exchange from a month ago:

    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.

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago

    “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

    "I'm dressed up as the body part our president used to rape other children just like you!"

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    More black and blue stupidity from the auth-right.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Doesn't look like a penis.

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