I can’t decide if this vignette from the G20 protests in Toronto is a travesty or a tragedy. Either way, I’ve confiscated all bubble paraphernalia from my kids lest they assault anyone. Thanks for the tip, dick.
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My mind just broke.
What’s going on in the gap midway through the video?
^ She brought out a shotgun is my guess.
Unfortunately I watched this with no sound, so I only got part of it, but regardless of the fact that she is just blowing bubbles, she doesn’t have the right to antagonize a police officer who is just doing his job. He has got to have some kind of recourse.
Like arresting her…for bubbles.
Wait, there is a statute on the books that takes away one’s right to antagonize a cop?
i actually think the police officer handled it very well. what exactly is she doing blowing bubbles in there faces. and how does it know it is just mild detergent in there? pretty easy for people to say he is an ass – but i am willing to bet anyone defending her would not be able to show even a speck of the discipline he showed in restraint. hats off to you sir.
Bubbles are evil and they must be stopped.
jefferson I totally agree. On a regular day, if a total stranger started blowing bubbles in my face I’d want to grab the bottle and make them drink it! 🙂
Regarding antagonizing a cop, I’m no legal scholar, but I believe that a police officer has the same rights that the rest of us do.
Here’s an example:
You and I are strangers, I’m not a police officer, and neither are you.
You have the right to speak your mind. You have the right disagree with me. You have the right to be upset or angry with me.
You can tell me you disagree with me. And there’s nothing I can do about it.
You can get in my face and shout at me, but I don’t have take that. I have the right to tell you to stop. If you persist, I can claim that I’m threatened, and this falls under the legal definition of assault (note that assault does not require physical contact, just an implied threat of harm).
Likewise, if you stood at arms length and continuously blew cigarette smoke in my face, that could also be interpreted as assault.
It doesn’t even have to be smoke, it could (I think) even be really bad breath, although this is probably pushing the limits of the legal interpretation.
Certainly soap bubbles are no threat to anyone, but just because the person in front of you is a police officer, doesn’t mean that you have a *right* to antagonize him, any more than you have any *right* to antagonize me.
Just my devalued $0.02
You guys have to be kidding me. He has restricted her freedom of movement, she has nowhere to go, and she is engaging in obvious peaceful objection to this fact. If someone comes and blows bubbles in your face, you could sort of laugh it off, or act like a petulant child- but more importantly you can just move. But of course he has to stay there to prevent her from moving down the street in her city. You guys are really sophomoric when it comes to logic. As Andrew was poking at with sarcasm, a police officer is in charge of keeping the peace; not disturbing it. She has every right to stand there and blow bubbles. He has every right to ask her not to. But this is not an arrest-able offence and to suggest otherwise is to be awash in moral relativism.
I just watched the video.
As much as I don’t like it, the officer in the video *is* acting within the law. He *can* claim assault.
It’s unfortunate that there’s blacked out portions of the video because the events during missing time space could be relevant.
Realistically, the girl would be held in custody for 24-48 hours and released without a formal charge, because the police know that no judge would have the patience to hear such a case.
I’m with Jefferson. She was deliberately provocative, disrespectful, and physically aggressive. She was trying to hide behind the fact that bubbles are “cute” and unlikely to cause physical harm, but its not much different than throwing a nerf ball at a cop. Its not the potential for damage or how “cute” or bizarre an an act is that matters – what matters is that she was being physically aggressive. She has every right (and cause, I think) to protest, but she should do that with verbal slogans and peaceably.
The male officer did his job. It would have been nice if he had been less on edge about it, but that is beside the point.
The comments on the youtube.com site itself are interesting, with the “bubble girl” in the video trying her best to reasonably respond to various criticisms of her. She sounds like a thoughtful, compassionate, and well-meaning person who admits that she went too far in blowing the bubbles right at the officer, but still has plenty of criticisms for police actions.
One interesting point is that she claims in her comments (and we have no reason to doubt her) that her arrest had nothing to do with the bubbles, and that it was just a mass-arrest that she was caught in. I think that the video is definitely misleading in that it infers that she was arrested because of the bubble incident.
If the ‘bubble girl’ in the video admits herself that she went too far in blowing the bubbles, than even SHE understands that the issue is not as simplified as being about bubbles. It is about disrespect and antagonizing someone. Also, if she herself claims that the arrest was not directly related to the ‘bubble incident’, then to doctor a video that blatantly suggests that she WAS arrested because of bubbles is an irresponsible attempt to get people on your side. It obviously worked on Andrew, because not only did he post it as such, but followed up my comments with two others that suggest that the whole thing was about bubbles.
It seems that your inner-skateboarding teenager may tend to shift your bias towards defiance of the police, Andrew. You are an intelligent enough human being to be able to watch this and see that it is not about bubbles.
While there is likely no statute against antagonizing the police, there is some level of immediate recourse available to them, which confirms that it is likely not a very bright idea to direct one’s energy to pissing off a cop instead of peacefully making your point in a more productive way. To me, that’s just common sense.
Bubbles…
Hahahaha! Well done. Cheers for that.
I hate everyone saying oh no its bubbles… look out for bubbles… She was purposely edging the cop on and she should have been taken away. Useless people like that drive me nuts. Along with the people that say what she was doing was fine and respectful.
All these people are complaining about how she was antagonizing the police officers, so he had the right. He also has the right to be a complete prick, and I do to. But that doesn’t mean he was respectful or she was. In my book they are both to blame for looking like fools, but I lean in her favor because she wasn’t using the power she had to threaten someone. Also I hate police. I’d rather antagonize a police officer and deal with whatever bullshit they throw at me than be peaceful and solve it in a different matter. That may be because I’m a prick but I’d think anyone who doesn’t feel this way has the wrong view of what the law is supposed to be.
A police officer, just standing there doing his job. Im sure all he wants to do at the end of the day is just to go home, and at the end of the week get paid. One day he has to stand and keep watch on a protest at the G20, easy enough. Then all-of-a-sudden these stupid protesters are standing there blowing bubbles in his face. Making his job, not harder, but a whole lot more strained.
People that try to defend the scum that were blowing bubble need to seriously consider what stands for simple manners. Im not a police officer, im in full support of the G20. But if i was standing beside some chump blowing bubbles at a police officer i would gladly teach him some manners.
At the end of the video when people were chanting “Let them go!” i almost threw up, people that are that ignorant make me sick.
In conclusion, way to go bubble fags, you really stuck it to the man.
It’s funny because the women officer looked as though she was quite enjoying the bubbles, but it seems as though he saw the opportunity to boost his power-tripping ego a bit. Sadly the other officer didn’t try and put her views on the subject during the whole scenario.
Yeah, okay, if the bubbles get into his eyes and it’s an aggressive detergent and the cop is just doing his job blah blah blah
seriously, he could have just said to stop blowing bubbles in their faces without threatening to freakin’ arrest her, for. blowing. bubbles.
She needs a good spanking…
That public servant needs to be reminded that he works for US, we pay his wages with our taxes. Perhaps he should try Charm School, I bet he won’t be able to make it through.
Unpossible, black people cannot do anything wrong.
What we saw here was another Police officer on a power trip. I do agree she probably shouldn’t have blown bubbles directly in the officers face (though I don’t remember see any come close to the big guy), I mean, look at the show of aggression from the guy in comparison to the police woman. His blatant over reaction is what worries me, that this lowly member of the public DARE disrespect or disagree with a police officer, this idea that more and more police (certainly not all) have now that they are the masters regardless of the situation.
I would have absolutely no problem with this if he did his job PROPERLY (they work for us apparently), and politely asked her to blow the bubbles in another direction,or even to stop all together – since lets face it, she certainly didn’t seem like someone with a ‘YOUR ALL PIGS’ attitude, she seemed genuinly shocked and hurt at the officers response.
Ok,
Since I’m going to assume NONE of you were actually IN Toronto while the protests were going on, let me tell you something:
Over half of those “protesters” were anarchists LOOKING to start a riot. I met several people who came to Toronto for G20 summit JUST to stir the pot. These anarchists hid within the groups of people who were protesting and used them as a shield; the protesters, blissfully unaware of the fact they were being used, defended these anarchists.
Since you cannot tell one from the other just by looking at them, nor can you identify which one will cause trouble and which one won’t, the police had one logical and safe option:
Assume EVERYONE wants destruction. Antagonizing the officer only roused his suspicions. The girl might have been a Canadian citizen protesting her life away, but the officer could not confirm her actions so he did what he did.
a. josephs is a pussy
‘Assume EVERYONE wants destruction’
Interesting logic. Guilty by association? Despite the fact that she was posing NO serious threat? Honestly, is it so ridiculous to assume a police officer would have the mental capacity to judge each situation or each person (assuming there was adequate time to do so, which judging by the relaxed pace of the conversation by the girl and eventually the guy behind her, there was plenty of) on there own?
For the record I think she was a complete idiot, as are the dick anarchists who swoop in on an otherwise meaningful and respectful protest and start doing stupid shit, it’s truly infuriating.
I was at the g20 summit in London btw and yeah unfortunately we had that problem as well. I managed to get some friendly banter out of a couple of cops earlier in the day though. Have you heard of the death of Ian Tomlinson? If not youtube the vid. Was this guy a threat? Interesting to note that police officer was cleared of all charges (you can see him deliberately hide his badge number as he approaches him)
Anyway, to recap – from a COMMON SENSE point of view. Serious danger posed by annoying hippie girl with bubbles, or a police officer spitting his dummy out because someone disrespected him? With some bubbles.
It’s not the officer’s tactic, or his POV I take issue with here, so much as his attitude throughout the proceedings. His actions are perfectly legitimate from a legal standpoint and therefore no real fault can be found with them. It’s the tone and manner with which he addresses the girl that cause the conflict to escalate to an arrest. It’s actions like these, on the part of police officers, that fuel the (often deserved) stereotype that cops are officious dicks. In his defense, If I had to deal with that many bleeding heart know-it-all college drop outs In one day, I’d be pretty surly too. Perhaps they should have chosen an officer who was more patient and personable for the post. Perhaps the officer should have taken his midol before going into the field. Who can tell?
he was afraid that if a bubble touched him, he would squeal like a little girl.
his facial hair also indicates that he is indeed a douchebag.
That cop was being such a dick. The woman office at the beginning was just amused by the protested, she was even smiling because it was a harmless thing do to. That stuff about getting in their eyes was total bull crap; if a bubble floats towards you you can pop it or blow it out of the way. The probability of it going into your eyes it essentially zero, even little kids can’t usually manage it.
What’s worst is his attitude. You could tell by the tone of his voice that he had absolutely no respect for her and was incredibly rude and angry for no reason. When the camera turned to her you could she from her expression she was shocked by what he had just said and probably confused about whether or not he was being serious, and then he follows with “my heart bleeds”. Even after all that he goes far enough to be sarcastic at her.
He was just some douche bag hiding behind his badge. If he had been any normal civilian odds are someone would have punched him in the face, and he’d have deserved it.
Ignore my typos, it’s pretty late *yawn*
This is awesome. Now the next time my brother goes ‘Can’t get mad I’m not touching you’ I’m going to have him arrested. Thanks for the precedent copfag.
And what about the under cover cops who were caught with rocks in their hands and trying to start trouble?
this guy obviously needs to get his nutt from some one or just use his hand
This is ACTUALLY one of the most ridiculous things I’ve seen all day (I’d say longer – but I’m on stumble, and likely to see a lot worse by tomorrow)
She deserved to be arrested.
“My name is a mystery”. What kind of answer is that?
No sane person would blow bubbles in a strangers face, whether it’s a police officer or not.
Then she is acting innocent as if she forgot what she did seconds ago. What a loser.
The line has to be drawn somewhere. Now they have to invent a new way to provoke.
I know many people like to criticize the police when the opportunity is given, but truth is she has no right to act the way she did. This is completely her fault.
There are two types of left wing extremists, those who destroy property and use violence, and those who are in the judicial greyzone who try to humiliate the police or anyone they disagree with. What have G[insert number here] protestors ever accomplished except for arson and destruction of property?
What have G[insert number here] protestors ever accomplished except for arson and destruction of property?
They certainly don’t influence any decision making within the summits, the ordinary citizen, left wing or right, never does. Hence the point of protesting. It does at least bring more media coverege to them though so that’s a start.
someone should volenteer that cop for military duty so he can experence some real danger. Bullets kill when they hit you. Bubbles…well thats just sad that he felt threatened by bubbles.
Down with the bubbles!!
Got the black clothing, cut doesnt show what happens in between, you can protest WITHOUT getting RIGHT against the police lines, I don’t get why they feel the need to jump right up their noses with this, you’re just as effective down the street as you are annoying someone in frustrating situation with a authority to use. I understand that protesters aren’t happy with whatever the reason they bother standing there, but if you’re going to be an asshole and push it, the police aren’t going to sit there and take it.
On another note, you can’t have bitching the police arent where it matters and then say they abuse their authority where it doesn’t, any streetcorner is as good as the last for the idiots to start a mob.
I’d just like to point out the scientific fact that those who are in a position of power are usually going to abuse it. Take it to mean whatever you like.
Maybe people wouldn’t be so against police if we weren’t seeing a video every other day of police brutality or injust arrests. I lean in favor of the girl. She stopped when he asked her to stop blowing bubbles. He kept raging at her to put them away, to which she kept saying, “I am.”
He kept ranting at her, even when she was saying, “I understand.” Then he just acted like a sarcastic asshole.
Upholding the peace is one thing. Doing it with a bad attitude is entirely another matter. Sure, maybe he was stressed. It would get stressful to keep an eye on a protest. But bubbles? Come on. Pick something better to vent your frustrations at. The poor girl looked so taken aback and, honestly, like she was about to cry.
Maybe I have sympathy because I’ve been in a situation in which a police officer with a total ego trip picked on me. A junior girl in high school, who was lying on the grass in a rural town watching clouds. The cops I’m used to, living in such a small area where everyone knows everyone, are very corrupt. They are also very stupid.
tl;dr The cop was kind of a prick, considering she did as he asked.
Normally I don’t post comments on every stupid thing I see online and I haven’t had the patience to read them all so maybe this post is redundant but…
I agree with everyone defending the cop except for two things.
1) he was extremely rude (not that it’s against the law to be a dick)
2) unless I’m missing something she immediately complied with his orders.
2 is really where I have a problem with the officer. It’s not unreasonable for him to ask her to stop, and it’s not unreasonable for him to threaten her with arrest if she doesn’t stop….but..She immediately complied with his orders and in my opinion wasn’t in any way antagonistic (at least after being ordered to stop, which is what matters). While I don’t believe the officer did anything wrong technically from a moral standpoint he was rude and antagonistic and there’s really no reason for it. This is the kind of small thing that can start a riot. If someone in the crowd needs a smack down then by all means give them a smack down but if someone is blowing bubbles and you tell them to stop and they stop let it go. He should be ashamed.
well scott magazine is a fucking fag first off lets get that out there, second they should have beat her fucking ass down, he asked her to stop she didnt so results. you should all take time to find the whole video and get the context, also you dont know what could be in those bubbles could have been mixed with poison or anything, thing is ppl need to learn to respect cops or get fucking beat down as recourse
Well argued, erudite man.
Or, see Umberto Eco’s Ur-Facism…
Well, the police officer probably could have asked nicer, but asking her to put away the bubbles is fine. I’m really skeptical about the “moments later” gap… It makes it look like he randomly arrested her even after she put away the bubbles and I’m more happened to warrant that kind of response.
Well, the police officer probably could have asked nicer, but asking her to put away the bubbles is fine. I’m really skeptical about the “moments later” gap… It makes it look like he randomly arrested her even after she put away the bubbles and I’m betting more happened to warrant that kind of response.
Cops have been caught inciting violence and dressing in black (provocateurs)…..totally illegal…just youtube search “Cops Provocateurs”..caught in the act.
The cop was doing his job. What’s with the bubbles? How is it displaying a message of peace? If I ran nails across a chalkboard in front of your house through a loud speaker every morning at 4am I’m sure you’d be pissed. It wouldn’t do any damage, other then annoy the hell out of you.
Also one does have cause for concern. I don’t WANT someone blowing things into my face that I don’t know about. What if she put something into those bubbles? I’m not saying she did or that it’s a likely situation, but it’s POSSIBLE.
Common sense would’ve dictated to do what the fucking cop said and move on.
Scout Magazine,
Can I come blow random shit into your face sometime? I won’t tell you if it’s totally clean or anything. Will you let me do this? How about if I deface your website for a few weekends? It won’t cause any damage other then a bit of annoyance. Can I deface your website? Please? I didn’t think so and that in and of itself is hypocritical.
The only people worse than the ridiculous cop who arrested a girl for assault with a deadly bubble are the feckless sycophants who defend him for abusing his authority. All you cop-loving fools should realize this: the female officer who, unlike any of you, is a Toronto police officer, is looking at the cop with an expression that implies “are you out of your mind???” She knows he’s way off, but out of solidarity doesn’t call him on his bullshit.
The girl with the bubbles is being silly trying to defuse a tense confrontation. The cop (I can’t call a thug like that a “police officer” with a straight face) is escalating the situation unnecessarily. Exactly what he is *not supposed to do.* He’s there presumably to keep the peace and ensure public safety. Arresting a girl because the vagaries of wind and air pressure allowed a bubble to touch his precious person is so absurd that it could have touched off a far more angry response than the one man who yelled at him. It could have touched off a riot.
The cop is lucky the protesters are better people with more self-restraint and self-discipline than he could hope to possess. If they overreacted to every little thing the way he does, his actions could have resulted in injuries to himself, protesters, and police officers, all because he couldn’t keep his nightstick in his pants.
If anyone wants to know the difference between a police officer (a law enforcement professional) and a cop (separated from a thug with a gun only by the addition of a badge), watch this video for a clear illustration.
I’m severely disappointed in the woman and the people who supported her actions. I mean, seriously, have any of you ever gotten bubble solution in your eye? It fucking hurts. No, it won’t cause permanent damage, but the fact of the matter is that it was flat out rude for the woman to do that. I can easily draw parallels to spitting in a persons face. Just because the officer has the authority to carry out the law doesn’t mean that he should have to put up with an idiotic woman (or man) who doesn’t understand the difference between peaceful protest and inappropriate conduct.
Final note–I’m sure every last piece of crap that’s supporting that woman would be shitting in their bleeding heart pants if the officer were blowing bubbles on the faces on peaceful protesters. The Real News my ass.
Sorry, ever tried to ‘aim’ a bubble. The policeman over-reacted and caused a disturbance when a more thoughtful approach (even if he didn’t feel like doing it) would have defused the situation. He was just flexing his muscles. Oh, and I am within my rights to politely argue with a policeman, just not realistic as they all turn into right-wing hit squads when you disagree with them.
1st rule: Don’t mess with a cop. s/he has enough authority to make your life hell.
2nd rule: Don’t mess with a cop. These days HIV is a real concern, especially for cops who often have everything from spit to feces thrown at them. They have a right to protect themselves just as you and I have.
Cops always call for backup when necessary and possible. Why? They want to go home to their wife and kids.
I could go on for a long time about this, but I wont. Cops want to live just like you and I do. Cut a little slack and don’t be so quick to judge.
what an arsehole, it realy makes you sick they are the law!!!!
she has metal fragments in her face
Looks like she got what she deserved. He warned mer multiple times and she continued. What else was he supposed to do? Punch her?
she was antagonizing a police officer who warned her repeatedly against her conduct. her deliberate actions got her arrested, not police brutality. she deserved it. anybody who believes otherwise is a ponce
@dodgeraj: What he was supposed to do was, and is, enforce the law. Not use force to make someone take him seriously. Not escalate the situation without cause. Enforce the law. There is no law against blowing bubbles outdoors in a public place. Therefore he is not enforcing the law. He’s abusing it to make himself feel better.
@n.a.l.h.d.s.: Antagonizing a police officer is not a crime. Protesting is not a crime in the United States where the right to gather and petition the government for a redress of grievances is guaranteed by the 1st Amendment, and Canada has similar protections. Police officers are permitted to use force to effect an arrest if an arrest *cannot* be made without force. They are empowered to arrest someone who is breaking the law, or whom they have probable cause to believe has previously broken the law. No police officer has a right to use his powers to puff himself up or even to protect his dignity. Abusing his authority removes him from the realm of “police officer” and places him in the realm of “thug with a badge.”
Police officers serve and protect the public and deserve respect. Thugs with badges serve and protect only themselves, and deserve neither respect nor the badge they hide behind.
Funny someone decided to dig this up after a long hiatus. Officer Bubbles (Adam Johnson) is definetly showing that he is not suitable for the job. He is currently suing Youtube members who commented on the video.
It scares me that a potentially unhinged rager like this guy gets to carry a gun. I’m sure that was the last time we see him anywhere in a uniform. Even the Toronto police department knows this.
Well I stumbled this, was going to hit the stumble button again, and figured why not get a laugh.
You American hipsters are delusional, you think other countries hate you because of stuff the republicans do, no. It’s the arrogant hipster scene, and the liberal media that your type covet.
This officer clearly knew what he was doing, and had every right to do that. It was a deliberate attempt of harassment and assault on that officer. Just because you guys think it’s only bubbles doesn’t mean she would act differently if she, or anyone else for that mater would do so. They would much rather attack that officer. It’s pretty sad that a Canadian knows more about your rights than you people do.
Oh and I never get why people cheer or chant when something like this happens in public. First of all, cheer all you want it won’t be glorious when she’s down at the station being charged. Secondly, do you really think chanting, “Let them go” will actually work. Police Officers, “Everyone’s chanting let them go, why not?” Absolute morons.
Jean-Sebastien Magnan-Grenier. All I can take from your post is, you’ve got a lot of names. Everything after that is lost on me.
I made it as far as ‘You American hipsters’. That shit hurts.
Notice how the guy who cuffed her tried to take off her bag, after he had cuffed her.
I didn’t agree with the protests, but, the cop is the reason these protesters get so much sympathy. That was so stupid, if a bubble touches me I will arrest you for assualt? A) once blown, the wind has control. B) your wearing glasses. C) soap bubbles are hardly irratating. D) did anyone notice the female cop was fine and polite until “Dick for Brains” started in.
I would have said “Arrest me then, I want to see you defend these actions in court.”
@Jean-Sebastien Magnan-Grenier: Just because someone’s an American, it doesn’t mean that they are a hipster. I know many, MANY people, and almost none of them are hipsters. And guess what. I’m also your average, everyday teenager you have in Canada. Also, so what if someone is a hipster? It doesn’t mean that they’re arrogant. And so what if they are? People change. That officer had no reason to be snarky and unpleasant like that because the girl put her bubbles away when he asked, but he still told her to put them away and was nasty, even as she was putting them away.
I just want to reply to the “Actual Torontonian”,
You are so completely wrong I doubt you were even there. I was with my girlfriend taking pictures of the protesting. The only anarchists there were actually cops dressed in black and causing all the problems. This is the same thing that happened in Montreal (the policed ended up admitting to it due to video evidence). It was a peaceful demonstration. As for the police, well there is a reason why there are class action lawsuits going on right now. They went way over the line on numerous occasions and will be held accountable for the most part. Sad to see when cops break the law there are people stupid enough to actually backup their behaviour.
Protesting and speaking your mind is one thing, but deliberately and antagonistically blowing bubbles in someone’s face is a whole other. Actually, I’m more aggravated at the nature of the act than the actual act. What is wrong with people these days? If you have a complaint, grab a soap box or a baseball bat, not a friggin bubble maker. I’m glad that cop wouldn’t take any of her mickey mouse bullshit.
He didn’t sound disrespectful, he sounded fed up with being hassled. He had a valid point, and it sounds like she did what she was told, he’s not there to discuss things, just enforce the law. As others have mentioned, she put the bubbles away, and later was arrested for other matters.
Just because something is within the law does not mean it is right, just like how it being illegal does not always make it wrong. This cop is, if anything, antagonizing her. Also, there is a longer video linked for you tards who can’t seem to find a clearly labeled link in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwXOKZh4Os&annotation_id=annotation_14013&feature=iv
so…what exactly was being accomplished with the bubbles anyway? Obviously she was doing it to irritate the police for the sake of it. That alone is fucking annoying and immature. She’s trying to make some point by being there, but in my experience NOTHING EVER GETS DONE by a large group of people standing around chanting, meditating, or yelling at cops about how fucked up the country, or world is. What the fuck is that going to do? How is that ever going to change anything? Everyone was cheering for those idiots who got arrested for showing their commitment to their cause…I’ll go back to it again. What exactly is being changed or made batter by annoying the police to the point where they arrest you? I’ll tell you, not a damn thing. No one changed their mind, each side still thinks they’re right and the others wrong. If you want to taunt the police do it right. get a group of people together who have guns, survival skills, knowledge of how to live out of the system and start something that’s going to raise an eyebrow.
FUCKING HIPPIES!
Regardless of legal precedent or the actual efficacy or meaningfulness of blowing bubbles at protest police, it is sickening and absurd that someone would be carted off to jail for something like this. The officer shows no respect whatsoever to the woman, and despite the fact that I’m sure that her level of respect for police is probably pretty low, she does not get angry and seems honestly shocked that anyone could be such a hard-ass. I really hope that this guy was just having a bad day, but it’s just as likely that he really is the ego-tripping power abuser that he comes off as in this video.
damn hippies. I hate it when someone is a dick to me, im on the cops side.
What the fuck? you people are god damn idiots. She was just BLOWING BUBBLES, for god’s sake what the hell? I really wouldn’t care for that. It’s not worth arresting, maybe fifty cents or something, but this ass went too far.
Plus would you do that, you all must have a giant stick up your asses if you really want to arrest someone for blowing bubbles, does that make sense?Damn Canadian pigs, because that’s what all cops are.
Not only would I arrest her, I would handcuff her to the toilet in the cell and shoot nerf darts at her.
Tyler is a fucking hippie.
I am disappointed in my countrymen 🙁
For all those people who are in support of the girl and her actions,and seem to believe that all cops abuse their authority, I wonder how you would react to this situation.
I am also wondering how many of you ever had a job where you have to be an authority figure that has to deal with people thinking that they can break the rules and ignore authority all they want because 1) they always got away with it and 2) people always seem to think its cute. The girl was purposefully trying to annoy the cops.
The last thing you want at work is some kid antagonizing you and then on top of that wondering why you’re mad and then demanding that he treat you with respect. She was clearly trying to start trouble which is probably why they were videotaping it. Also, the police aren’t waiters at a restaurant, they don’t have to be nice to you and they since they do have the ability to arrest you for just about any reason they can think of and release you later, why waste your time being a shit starter. The way I see it the girl was just trying to make a spectacle of herself in a crowd of people and did something in moment of missing footage to piss off the officer.
What a bunch of hippie pussies!!!? Where I live protestors send police with anti-riot gear to hospital.
She shouldn’t have blown the bubbles. Honestly, what on Earth does blowing bubbles prove? That does not exactly a intelligent argument make.
However he shouldn’t have been so aggressive saying that he could ‘arrest’ her for it. I think a great deal too many cops use intimidation to get assert their own power.
Honestly, I think a much more rational way to respond to provocation like that is to just rise above it and do your job. She wasn’t going to hurt anybody and I’d bet money that she was actually looking to provoke him. Actions like that only make police officers lose their own credibility.
Neither one of them were right and this is just a bad situation. If anything, all anyone need get out of this is a lesson in how not to act, on either side of the argument.
This guy is a twatwaffle… what a disgrace
FUCKING NAZI MOTHER FUCKERS
for those who say “it’s not about bubbles…technically still assault” etc, consider this: what response to you think you would get if you called the police, asking for an arrest because someone was blowing bubbles outside this context.
blowing bubbles “at someone” would not lead to you getting arrested if that someone wasn’t a cop. to suggest this was anything other than an abusive power trip is foolish
I pray to God that officer has no children.
Would he place his toddler in jail for throwing spaghetti at him? I’m sure spaghetti sauce would sting if got in his eyes and it even stains…
biggest tool ever.
The officer didn’t like the way that girl looked and that’s all there is to it.
I love how the lady cop just rolls her eyes!
I’m entertained by the “For a billion dollars I could have gotten someone with a better attitude comment.” That is all. 🙂
Really? Bubbles? Wow… Some people need to get over themselves. He just needed to meet his quota for arrests. 😛
Ya know, I agree with Scout Magazine. Bubbles are evil and must be stopped…
Really?
I’m on the cop’s side too. He was a little unreasonable but she was just being dumb. I would have arrested her too if I had to deal with that whole thing.
I think she was being pretty immature, but then again the cop could have defused the situation in one sentence. All he needed to do was take a breath and think so he could know what he wants to say. Did you know if your blood pressure raises to a certain point, you are less likely to make accurate decisions? Look how angry he was getting, he was in fight or flight mode and he wasn’t fleeing anywhere. So the whole time all this blood is pumping everywhere but his brain, and he cannot form new thoughts. He can not see logic through angry eyes.
He was probably having a rough day and just wanted to go home. Men convert every emotion they could ever feel (besides happy and horny) into anger. Sadness? Anger! Confusion? Anger! Fear? Anger! That’s how men are. Plus he’s in pretty good shape, he probably works out so his demeanor is already threatening right off the bat.
Ooh yeah and one more thing! I’m certain that the bubbles you find in stores are made for children, so they probably wouldn’t be that harsh on the eyes. Crying kids with your soap in their eye is bad for business, you know? I’m pretty sure it’s a very mild detergent. None the less, she was kind of egging him on. And she said her arrest wasn’t in relation to that incident, right? So there really is nothing left to say.
That is so messed up. She was just blowing bubbles, and that is bull**it that officer jackass decided he was going to arrest er that just shows how corrupt our damn government is… thats bullshut….
She was in the wrong. Cop told her to stop, and she didn’t. He was acting as an officer of the law and giving her a command to stop harassing the officers. She kept doing it. refusing to obey a lawful command. Just because he gets paid by your tax dollars. Does not give you the right to purposely disrespect him by blowing bubbles in his face when he doesn’t want you to blow bubbles at him. With that logic, you can say she had the right to punch him repeatedly in the face… we pay his wage, he works for US…. He’s was doing his job and she was purposely causing a problem preventing him from doing his job. During that whole time while he was distracted with her, he could have missed something that could have caused great harm at the protest. He didn’t bring in on himself. He was standing there minding his own, when she decided to blow bubbles at him. complete bullshit, she deserved to get arrested and I hope she gets put on probation.
I’m glad I scrolled down and read some of the comments on here, they definitely made me think a lot differently then when I had my first interpretation of the video which was biased towards the cop because cops usually suck dick BUT, the way this video is edited I don’t think anyone should be aloud to make a judgment on who was wrong in this video but I will anyway. I’ve never been a cop before but I’m sure some of you have been in a position of power before (security or something along those lines) where you had to keep control of a large group of people from getting out of control. Well sometimes in those situations, people exactly like this girl provoke people in that position of power and when that happens the people in the position of power need to act accordingly because otherwise chaos will ensue. There is an obvious reason this video is edited the way it is, they probably just want to show the cop looking like that bad guy again. But I think it’s pretty obvious that this girl probably provoked this officer to the point of him arresting her. I’m sure she didn’t harm him in any way but I’m sure she kept blowing bubbles in his face which would piss me off enough for me to baton her ass, but instead she got arrested for what I’m assuming is a misdemeanor charge and one night in jail. SO I think people should really take a second to think about why this video is edited this way before coming to any conclusions.
Call the cop a dick if you want but she was being an arrogant little bitch and got what she deserved. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen cops pull some ridiculous stuff but she’s probably a tree hugging lefty that thinks she was doing no wrong. The cop was simply doing his job and had to put up with her blowing her “innocent bubbles” in his face.. can’t say you would find that amusing if you were in his shoes.
wow… arrested for bubbles and some of you think thats ok. If she had actually assalted this man he would have had every right to arrest her. but he is just power hungry. this kind of stuff happens all the time maybe we all need to blow bubbles and stand up for our freedome!!!
I expected to be outraged; instead I was left with the thought, “That kid’s a real brat.” I’m sorry but she looked like an entitled child, it’s disrespectful and antagonizing to deliberately blow bubbles in someone’s face. Is it “illegal” or dangerous? No. But she kind of deserved to be taken down a few pegs.
SHE WASN’T EVEN ANTAGONIZING HIM! she listened to him and was very respectful, even though he showed NO respect for her. most other people would have given him a lot less respect in her position… he was a fucking dick.
And how was she a brat? she looked scared if anything… and shocked that he was being so ridiculous.
AND, whether or not she was antagonizing him, whether or not she looked like an entitled leftist brat, and whether or not “it wouldn’t be amusing if i were in his shoes”, and even WITH those missing parts, YOU CAN’T ARREST SOMEONE FOR BLOWING BUBBLES, FOR ANNOYING YOU, OR FOR ANTAGONIZING YOU.
… that is an ABUSE OF POWER. just because you are a cop does not give you the right to arrest someone who is amusing you, she was not a threat to him, a bubble will not hurt you, which is the only time “assault” is ASSAULT.
Since this video is edited, and omits the parts that show whether she continued or desisted with the bubble-blowing, it’s hard to make an accurate summation of what happened. That being said, I fully expected to take the side of the protesters when I watched this, and ended up siding with the cop. Was he being unreasonable? Yes. Did he probably make a poor judgment call because of his anger? Yes. But just because she was blowing bubbles does not constitute “innocence”. She knew full well that her actions were provoking and antagonizing him, and took advantage of that to make herself seem like a victim in the eyes of her peers.
there’s a lot of hate going on in these comments on both ends 🙁
If someone were to blow bubbles directly in someone’s face, it could be construed as assault, though this would be a very immature interpretation especially if resulting in arrest. However, in this video it’s clearly shown she is several feet away blowing the bubbles in an open public space. The bubbles have the ability to float freely through the air and may land on the officer. This is no different than someone smoking and the smoke happens to drift to you and accusing this of assault. Is it annoying? Perhaps. Illegal no. Get the stick out of your ass 5-0, and go be productive somewhere else. All the officer did was waste tax payer money by arresting someone, taking them in, filing paperwork, fingerprinting, and all the various other monetaries that are required for arrest; all in the name of selfish pride because he didn’t like bubbles. I remember there was a time when people had freedom, now Freedom is just a joke passed around as an idea for what we’re protecting by removing liberties.
Blondes. Always asking for it.
Eh. I’m on the side of the cop. I am no fan of the police but they put up with shit like this all of the time. This girl was deliberately irritating him. Then she had the nerve to act all innocent. Despite it being a bit silly, he does have a point. Should the detergent get into his the officer’s eyes, it is technically assault because she was deliberately blowing them towards his face. As for the people claiming it was unfair of him, he warned her more than 5 times. He gave her every opportunity to quit. And no, she doesn’t have the right to antagonize someone continuously. If nothing else, that falls under harassment.
Furthermore, he is just doing his job. I am sure that’s something that the people in this video can’t relate to. While they’re still bumming off their parents or working at a fast food chain (Way to support anarchy you sad sell-outs) for beer money, he’s probably earning a living so he can pay for his family and save up so his kid/kids can go to college. In fact I would bet a large sum of money on that. He has a hard enough job without some hipster bitch blowing detergent in his face.
An Assault is an intended act to put another in fear of an immediate battery, however, the action must be a reasonable act to have the other person seriously threatened.
In no way shape or form is blowing bubbles a reasonable act to make the other officer feel in fear of an immediate battery.
This is outrageous
All I have to say is that the first police officer we see, the woman, is smiling and seems to be in conversation with the protesters, if not the bubble blower herself.
She does stop when the other member of the force asks her to, she did nothing wrong.
I guess everyone missed the part with the cop using menacing and threatening body language and speech. I guess that how he “does his job”. Police abusing their rights is old news. I guess to serve and protect mean absolutely zero-tolerance for BUBBLES! I support freedom of speech and if someone wants to blow some bubbles don’t stand there like a idiot waiting for one to pop in your eye.
Im really shocked. What is wrong with people? She was just blowing som bubbles. Come on!
That cop was a fucking asshole, i dont give a shit what any of you say.
She handled it a lot better than I would’ve. I don’t think i would’ve been able to be as polite as her.
Fuck police officers
Wow someone clearly puts someone in their place and people get all jumped up about it. Have someone antagonize you and blow bubbles in your face and see whether they like it.
No idea what age the girl is – but her actions are something I’d expect from an 8 year old
The ONLY reason I find this ludicrous is the fact he would charge her with assault and handcuff her. There is no issue as to him telling her to stop, to say that it is a nuisance, that yes, on the off chance it can get in their eyes. But I see this as a case of cop going overboard a little with his “I can cuff you” privileges. If she was blowing bubbles at someone else, it’s not an arrestable offense, he wouldn’t give a crap then. Heck, the lady cop seemed to find it amusing. I hate the whole “I’m being a nice cop by really being an ass and giving you fair warning on a ridiculous charge” act. If she blew a whole stream straight into his face though, that’s blatant disrespect. She’s just blowing them in general, and will cuff her for a random, stray bubble that so happens to lightly perch on his arm.
Ha-ha, lock that little freaky hippie girl for a life, the world will be a better place without a bunch of whining hippies.
hahaha this is so funny. on all sides with the police.
I wish you could “like” comments on here. Im pretty sure the people defending the cops would be winning.
The cop was over 3 ft away, another officer was directly in front of the girl not complaining about the bubbles, so clearly there was no “antagonizing” of the cop. She was not directing them in his face and blowing bubbles isn’t against the law so he had no authority to tell her to stop since no one’s safety was threatened by the bubbles.
Sounds like clean case of lawsuit for violating her rights to me.
I wouldn’t want someone blowing bubbles in my face either. That would be kind of annoying. I think the officer handled it O.K. He could have handled it with a little more sincerity and a little less power hungry authority though. He does probably have a weapon where as she does not and he is also in a position to be keeping the peace instead of getting caught up in the drama. At least he didn’t pull out a gun on her, like most of the egotistic adrenaline addicted cops of the U.S.
@Corey… this was in Toronto, Canada, not the U.S.
With all due respect, that woman was acting very childish. She needs to learn to respect people. The man did not want bubbles blown on him so why did she continue to question it? This is just ridiculous. Someone asks you to stop doing something…so you keep doing it? How old are we?
With all due respect, this woman is extremely childish. How old is she supposed to be? The man did not want bubbles blown on him, why did she have to continue to question this? She needs to have a little more respect for people.Wow. This world sometimes I just don’t know what people are thinking!
He is all ego. He is totally incensed that this girl has the temerity to question his authority even in this small, harmless way.
Especially in this small harmless way. Something so obviously weak should acquiesce completely. But she doesn’t.
He can barely contain his rage over this. It cuts to the core of his self image. If she – small, weak, female – doesn’t respect the authority he thinks he has, then he has nothing left.
In reality, he has none, he only hides behind the authority of the group and uniform. It is a weak facade and he has to protect it fiercely lest it be exposed.
The female officer, on the other hand, understands that blowing bubbles is a ridiculously feeble act of resistance and treats it accordingly. A complete non-issue.
More officers like her and we wouldn’t have had the largest mass arrest in Canadian history.
More equitable economic policies and we wouldn’t have needed the protests in the first place.
It is idiotic cops like this who like to throw their weight around that gives the Police Department a bad name. This cop is a coward, he should be going after child molesters, wife beaters (unless he is one himself, because he just can’t seem to control his anger), drug dealers, serial killers, rapists, etc. instead of picking on teenage white girls who blow bubbles. Shame on you coward. You don’t even deserve to be called an officer. There are way more offensive people to go after than girls who blow bubbles at protests. And for the other officers who didn’t do anything because they were afraid of this coward cop, shame on you all too. And you guys want us to trust you? After seeing that? I don’t think so, I can protect myself, thank you very much.
She was politely dissenting with bubbles, he asked her to stop, she did. End of story. He’s a fucking prickface but theres nothing wrong with that, legally speaking.
Oh America… How I hate thee more and more
This is hilarious. I first wanted to say bravo to everyone who ignored the stupid comment about cops being worried about HIV from spit and feces … dumbass.
Also, there was a question from someone defending the cop, asking if we’d ever been in a position of authority. Seriously, who hasn’t been in a position of authority at some point? How often do teachers snap at the brats they deal with? I agree with the person who said “he should keep the nightstick in his pants.”
All you cop sympathizers … seriously, how would you feel if he was yelling at you? I’d probably do exactly what she did, which was put away the bubbles and look shocked and about to cry.
Nobody deserves a “beat down” or whatever for disrespecting a cop. They are humans, too. Everyone gets disrespected in every job multiple times in their life. Does that mean that we’re allowed to freak out about it? Absolutely not. The only job that cops have is to protect us and our rights, and he violated both of those jobs.
She was not antagonizing him either. She was having a conversation with another police officer, and he just happened to be next to her. And also, she could have brought the bubbles because she knew that she would be bored standing around and thought it’d be a fun, uplifting thing for everyone to see.
Don’t call me a pansy, pussy, or fag. It’ll get you no where.
Every bubble is now an enemy of the Republic!
Oh Canada, you aren’t so perfect after all now are ya, eh?
That is why no one likes cops. Get off your power trip and let people live their lives.
YAY Bubbles!
She is blowing bubbles in the cops face, that is disrespectful. Doesn’t matter what she stands for, the cop is right.
This cop is a complete dick. It is bubbles for god’s sake! Anyone who argues about how he “was just doing his job” and “she shouldnt have blown bubbles at his face”, you obviously have only look at the legal side. So freaking what if she was blowing bubbles, it honestly was not going to harm them what so ever. He was being disrespectful and down right rude to her. In my opinion, this is bullshit. He needs to be fired.
whatever dude. its fucking bubbles. if a douchebag pile of shit cop talked to my like that, for blowing bubbles, DURING A PROTEST, i’d be like “um sir this is a protest, im sure there are a LOT OF worse things i could be doing to antagonize you right now.” then i’d go find my friends to blow up his family.
fuck that guy.
Listen, she completely deserved to be arrested. She showed a complete lack of respect and an arrogant, defiant nature that was not needed in that situation at all. Are all of you stubborn, ‘shocked’ fools trying to tell me that if you were standing in your workplace and some little runt was there blowing bubbles in your face continuously, you would just laugh it off?? No, you wouldn’t laugh it off. You would eventually be enraged and probably hit them. The officer explained his situation to the hippie girl, he asked her to stop, he told her the eventual repercussions of her continued actions, but, seemingly she decided to keep it up. Her waving as she was placed into the back of the police van proves that she was delighted to have been arrested. Now she feels like a martyr of sorts. Quite childish if you ask me.
The fact of the matter is, the thug is in a position of public service. Which means he is also supposed to be professional. In any kind of public service where you represent an organization, policy requires you to be professional. Being an enforcer and protector of the peace, he was completely unprofessional, making his actions negligent. I myself work in a call center for tech support. I’m also a representative of the company I’m working for. I must be professional at all times, regardless of how people treat me. Anything less makes me unsuitable for my position. The same holds true for this thug. He encouraged the uprising instead of working to diffuse it. A better option would to have made a game of it and joined her in blowing bubbles and laughing about it. The only way a thug could have that kind of unprofessionalism in that kind of position, and still keep his job, is one that is either sucking dick, or kissing ass. Which means not only is he unsuitable for the job, but so would be his supervisor for allowing someone under him to have that kind of unprofessionalism. In my own profession, I regularly diffuse tense situations. Goodness is contagious, as is hatred. The better person is the one that doesn’t get pulled into aggression.
A question for Kelsey, when you say you would go find your friends to blow up his family do you need your friends to find the officers family or to build a bomb? Perhaps both, in which case you are a terrific collector of creepy friends. Would you like to see a movie sometime?
I think the real problem is the definition of assault… Soap bubbles no matter how vicious, are not assaulting. Even in the worst case scenario( bubbles to the eye) it is merely unpleasant, not assault. Now if there was a charge of antagonization of a federal officer (or something of the sort) it would be reasonable to press charges. He was being an ass to her, and had an incredibly disrespectful tone. He had every right to make her put it away, or even confiscate them (with return upon agreement to leave). However, it would have been a much easier solution if he just made her leave the premises. Call it “adequate measures to maintain the peace and other wise remove a possible threat.” Basically you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here… enjoy your bubbles elsewhere. It sickens me that resources are used for stupid shit like this. No one seems to realize we have real ass problems to deal with other than detaining liberals blowing bubbles.
The PIG Force (Law Enforcement) only protect the rich and ultra-rich classes of society and transnational corporations. Other than that they are no better than Al Qaeda.
i know a cop, and even he says that many cops feel as though they are above the law and don’t need to respect citizens. the ones that do show genuine respect for citizens/ people they are confronting are actually vilified by their fellow officers. power corrupts. guys like this are why i do not trust cops. and if people can’t trust who they are being governed by they will in turn not attempt to earn trust. he doesnt want to get hit with bubbles, he should walk away. that woman was not breaking a single law as far as we could see. blowing bubbles in the vicinity of others is not, nor has it ever been, ilegal. therefore, he was harrassing her, which is illegal. i would have taken his badge number and reported him.
and by respect for cizens, i mean letting little things like bubbles go, and giving people a chance to cooperate before being assholes to them… just to clarify. i dont know what happened before the recording, but if all she was doing is blowing bubbles near the officers, he had no right to confront her about (see previous post). also, this country needs to remember that police officers are citizens first and cops SECOND. not the other way around. they must follow every law we do, but they sometimes don’t, and by and large their actions go unpunished. it makes me sick.
ok whether or not he “can claim assault” is irrelevant the fact is that he is a large man who arrested a small woman for blowing bubbles. at no point in the video did she blow them in his face. he just confirms all stereotypes about power trip cops who do things because they think they are above the law. blowing bubbles is not an arrest-able offense and can not be considered assault. that man is simply a bigot. i think if i was getting arrested for assault for blowing bubbles i would probably have just punched him in the face so he really did have something to arrest me for. however i do understand that in this specific case they were displaying a peaceful protest.
If someone kept blowing bubbles at me after telling them to stop. I would punch them in the face.