Alright ya’ll story time.
Ok, so if u know anything about me, I’m all about supporting community and volunteering!
Every weekend, the team that I work for goes to lowest income neighborhood. We play multiple games with the kids, hand them out snacks. And while the kids are playing, we hand out groceries to the parents.
So, here we are. Doing what we have always done for months.
Music are playing, kids are laughing. Hungry ppl are getting fed. Great, right?
Apparently, some grinch didn’t think so.
And that f**kmunch decided to call the cops on us!
Three police vehicle blaring their sirens showed up! And these cops suited up with heavy duty stuff. Multiple weapons were strapped up to their heavily guarded vest.
The kids were frightened by the large guns they had with them. I remember a little boy ran up and hugged my leg tightly out of fear. I could hear him murmuring “they have a big gun…..”
We weren’t doing anything bad, but I was scared for us and the kids. Aside the whole “bad cop” thing, I kept thinking “oh god, are they gonna shut us down? How are we gonna feed the kids then?” While everyone froze and didn’t move, three of the cops examined the scene.
And toothless old woman thanking us because she finally had food for the kids and diapers for the babies.
The cops placed the large guns back inside their vehicles.
Then, unexpectedly, they joined us! Two of the African American cops played dodgeball with the kids! The heaviest African American gentleman cop moved with lightning speed, at the same time he was dancing “all the single lady” and made the little girls laugh. The thinner African American cop was teaming up with the boys and chanting some hilariou non-sense to get the boys rattled up (the dodgeball was boys vs girls)
The tallest cop, white gentleman played basketball with the boy but he kept “losing” to the kids
By the end we were having a blast! We thanked the cops for playing with the kids. Than, they told us something interesting. It was their first time being called to that specific neighborhood. It was notorious for being one of the most active gun shooting area. So when they were called in for “loud disturbance”, they imagined the worst. So when they pulled in and saw kids laughing and playing, it was a huge surprise for them! They told us that it gave them huge motivations to protect the kids and neighborhood.
Overall despite that every day we hear ugly stuff about bad cops who abuse their powers, it was nice to see few good ones among the rotten ones~
Thank u Tulsa Cops guys, u guys not only became these kids’ heroes but u made them feel safer in their world
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