Woman Pepper-Sprayed Man Taking Photos of His Own Children

[Diamond_Dog]

What in the holy hell is wrong with these idiots?

******

Police are looking for a woman who pepper-sprayed a man who was taking photos of his own children in Arlington, Virginia, authorities said.

The woman reported the man to a security officer Tuesday afternoon in the 1100 block of S. Hayes Street, which is the block where Pentagon City Mall is located, Arlington police said.

She believed the man didn’t know the children, police said.

The security guard communicated with the man and learned he was photographing his own children, police said.

The woman then used pepper spray on the man and ran away, police said.

The man was treated by medics on the scene.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/woman-pepper-sprayed-man-taking-photos-of-his-own-children-in-arlington-police/3025952/

[lpbk2713]

1. Oh ...

[dixiechiken1]

19. *snort* 😏

[XanaDUer2]

2. What? Nt

[Tree Lady]

3. People are in everyone's business

These days. Sometimes needed to witness bad stuff but really?

[Skittles]

10. well

if you seriously thought a strange man was approaching children, some intervention may be warranted

but it would not be hard to find out the man was their dad

[Iggo]

14. She did the correct amount of intervention.

And then…more.

[Warpy]

18. "Hey, kids! Who's this guy?"

The problem is that fucking Qbots are seeing pedophiles everywhere.

Good thing Karen wasn't toting a gun.

[Skittles]

22. heh, I actually did that once

I was concerned about a guy who had run up to a couple of kids at a park so I wandered over and asked the girls, may I ask do you know this guy - he's our dad! they responded. Turns out the guy had run back to his car nearby for something then ran back to the kids.....he agreed it looked odd and thanked me for checking.

[NBachers]

23. Once I was walking with my seven year old daughter down the sidewalk with my old dirty sweat stained

work clothes on. I just got out of work, and I went to pick her up at elementary school. The lady driving by looked at us and asked about it. At the time, I didn’t look that old, and I guess my clothes made me look disreputable. I told my daughter to walk over and answer the ladies questions, but don’t get in her car. It all worked out, and I told the lady that if she saw my daughter with any other person to make sure she checked in about it. I really had no problem with her.

[Warpy]

27. Nope, it doesn't hurt anyone to ask

and caring parents will appreciate that they're not the only ones looking out for their kids.

But pepper spraying somebody instead of asking? HELL NO.

[madinmaryland]

29. Especially if he is a man of color.

🤬🤬🤬

[Skittles]

30. well, certainly for a Karen that would be an overriding factor

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Is this a case of mistaken Grooming by a De Santis supporting Karen?

[intheflow]

9. That's as good a working theory as any.

[spooky3]

15. It was reported that she is African American. Although

It’s possible she’s a Trumpist/Trump wannabeist, most of them are white.

https://www.arlingtonva.us/About-Arlington/News/Articles/2022/Crime-Report-April-13-2022

[SCantiGOP]

5. Since it was near a mall

She’s probably captured in dozens of security cameras. Hope she enjoys publicity, arrest and losing her job.

[Solly Mack]

6. And the piece of shit coward ran away.

[brush]

7. That certainly points to consciousness of guilt.

[Solly Mack]

11. I hope they find her

and I hope she gets what she deserves.

[LonePirate]

8. Where would she get the idea that those kids weren't his? We may never know.

I fear we are just days away from one of these Q idiots taking several lives for their cause and it will likely be a teacher or a parent who becomes the victim.

[NBachers]

24. That way, the innocent children will go to heaven to be with Jay-suss

[AllaN01Bear]

12. what the cluck?

[Hekate]

13. And in related news, a peaceful family Amtrak journey interrupted by an insane MAGAt...

…who utterly terrified the children by screaming that their two dads were pedophiles and had stolen them. The little boy wakes up at night vomiting now.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216600919

[Diamond_Dog]

17. Unbelievable

[Evolve Dammit]

16. GQP has unleashed a legion of bat shit crazies. That is who they are now. n/t

[LuckyCharms]

20. I've read that things like this, but not to this degree, are fairly

common problems for men with young children.

For example, many men feel uncomfortable talking their young children to playgrounds unless they are accompanied by their wife or another adult woman, because if they are alone with a child, they often get looks and perhaps even questioned directly by other parents there.

I also saw this video one time where a white family had a trusted male babysitter who was a black man. The man was a long time friend of the family, they were very close, and the kids loved him. He was out in public with the kids and someone called the police and he had to answer endless questions because white kids, black adult male didn't look right to someone, so someone did not think the situation through properly and knee jerked called the police. Even after he and the kids explained that he was their babysitter, it was assumed that he was lying, and that the kids were fearful and made up the fact that he was indeed the babysitter.

Just stating what I've read and viewed on video...never personally experienced something like this.

I can certainly appreciate wanting to protect children, but I can also understand why men frequently complain about the issue. I don't know what a good solution is, but it is indeed a problem begging for a solution. Someone smarter than me might know the answer.

Personally, I would most likely mind my own business, but I guess it would depend. In the case of the black babysitter with the white kids, I can't remember the exact details, but by all appearances, nothing looked sketchy or out of place in my mind, and I wouldn't have even given it a thought.

But also, you may sometimes see a situation where things don't look right to you. It's kind of just an intuitive feeling. Maybe the look on a child's face, or their body language, or the manner in which the man is engaging with the child. Sometimes you can sense something is wrong but you can't define it. If I saw something that just didn't seem right, looked off a little, I may tend to try to find out more, or I may not. I guess it would depend on how much my alarm bells were going off. But a man being in public with a child and acting normally? I would mind my own business.

[Blue Owl]

21. The End of Men

Someone get this footage to Tucker Carlson

[Jon King]

25. Its not illegal to take picture of anyone in public, including kids.

Lets establish the actual law first, anyone in public can have their picture taken, regardless of age. This could be as simple as a person who is mentally ill and paranoid. Impossible to know what her deal actually was.

[ToxMarz]

26. That she did it AFTER a security gaurd was involved who had established they were his children

Says she was looking for a confrontation, to be a hero. "I'm gonna find a pedophile today if it kills me, or someone else"

I'm sure it played better in her mind than reality, kind of a Will Smith type move.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

28. Not excusing the woman at all, but she...

... could be mentally ill from her own experiences as a child.

I worked with a woman, YEARS ago, who said that she believed over 90% of children were molested by their parents... and it infuriated her. It blew my mind that she thought the percentage could be so high!! If it was anywhere close to that percentage, wouldn't it be considered normal behavior by now?!


She much later revealed to me that she'd been sexually assaulted when she was a little girl. Then I recalled her earlier "over 90%" estimate and figured her own trauma had made her super-paranoid about it.

Don't ask me why she shared that stuff with me because I don't understand it either. Someone once told me that I project a very empathetic personality, which he thought was great. Except that I'd probably attract more kooks to me than most people.

[Emile]

31. Not a bit judgemental.