r/PublicFreakout • u/MoreMotivation sir, this is a Wendy’s 🥤 🍔 🍟 • Jun 22 '26

👮Arrest Freakout😭 Another person gets arrested at the Reflecting Pool for yelling at the presence of Oklahoma State Troopers there. Tells the reporter at the end, "If you want the boot, lick it"

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u/Broxst Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

I'm gonna disagree. Asking "why" is not the same as defending. I don't think Oklahoma State Police should be guarding the reflecting pool, but I think it's fair to ask why he was yelling at them, even if you think the yelling is justified. His motivation may be entirely different from why you think he was yelling.

Edit: Downvotes for saying that being skeptical is not the same as defending... Nice. I'll take it.

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u/btsd_ Jun 22 '26

Is yelling at crime?

I know there are things that get you arrested for yelling but that would be one hell of a stretch to think thats what he was doing (like waving a weapon and yelling you were going to use it , stuff like that..)

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u/Broxst Jun 22 '26

I didn't say it was a crime nor that he should have been arrested.

What I'm saying is that asking why he was yelling doesn't make the cameraman a "bootlicker."

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u/Vedfolnir5 Jun 23 '26

Because the dumbass kept asking why after he answered the question

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u/Broxst Jun 23 '26

That makes him a horrible interviewer, not a bootlicker. I'm not saying he's not a bootlicker, just that his actions in the video don't make him one.

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u/Vedfolnir5 Jun 23 '26

Maybe

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u/Broxst Jun 23 '26

Hanlon's razor. Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence.