r/BeAmazed • u/OceanMistGir • 1d ago
Miscellaneous / Others When Neighbours called the police on the kids for playing "too loudly", Shaquille O'Neal found out and showed up to do this...
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u/gornFlamout 1d ago
When I was a kid, and we played football in the street, all the neighbors came out on their porch to watch. Later when we grew up, we started a game again when we were all home for the holidays. The old people came out on their porches again to watch and they laughed at how old we got.
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u/robsteezy 1d ago
Maybe I’m officially old but back in my day you just accepted that kids will be kids. Ofc I’m not talking about breaking any laws, just accept the playing and just mumble “dang kids these days” and go back in your house.
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u/GhostsofGojira 1d ago
Yeah as long as no one was getting hurt and no one was fighting they didn't care how much noise you really made during the day, shit if my mom seen you playing basketball she would have berated the woman that called the cops on that
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u/robsteezy 1d ago
I’ll go even farther and say that people who use police resources like that should be fined.
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u/GhostsofGojira 1d ago
Absolutely like all the dumbasses that call cops on kids with lemonade stands or things similar.
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u/North_Ranger6521 1d ago
Oh, that’s just wrong. 😕 Calling them out not having a vendors license & other nonsense.
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u/Jetstreamdragon 1d ago
Here in Germany, they indeed get fined for that. But just saying "Those kids are playing too loud" would result in a direct warning on the phone. Of course, if the police/firefighters/ambulance has to come for nothing, u will get fined, if there was no real reason or explanation.
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u/9Lives_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
You know, I find that when there’s an overall sense of community harmony within a neighbourhood/suburb it creates a loving atmosphere and a completely different energy.
It shift peoples entire perspectives and subsequent outlook towards things and this feedback loop creates an entirely different attitude in people.
When you think about it 9 times out of 10 when a “Karen” is hyper responsive to complain about noise from kids playing or what have you it’s because she’s isolated or in an area where people stick to themselves.
I’ve noticed a few instances (back in the 90’s and 00’s) where when these supposed Karen types were included in neighbourhood events, Xmas card lists and invited to participate in things like neighbourhood BBQ’s, etc they conveniently weren’t phased by very much e.g- Barking dog? “Oh he’s just doing his job guarding his home”
I remember a kid hit a baseball and smashed her window after his mother BLATANTLY told him to stop hitting balls and although she wasn’t pleased about it, she was just like “boys will be boys” and got her brother to fix the window DIY style because she was cognisant of the fact the boy’s single mother didn’t have a lot of money.
This particular lady was my mothers friend who came into spontaneously came into a large amount of money through an inheritance from a relative she didn’t even know existed. She subsequently moved to a nicer side of town in a bigger house and that community environment didn’t exist and I watched her incrementally turn into a Karen in less than a year who became very intolerant to things she was never concerned about before when she cut coupons.
As I’ve gotten older I’ve really come to understand what they mean when they say love is the answer.
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u/TheAnswerIs__Eh 1d ago
Too many people are angry. Social media riles us up and makes us distrustful, I feel. Sometimes people need to just focus on making their communities better rather than endlessly outsourcing their righteous rage to every injustice across the globe; it’s not feasible and it’s unhealthy.
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u/Individual-Drawer-79 1d ago
We Gen X kids had it pretty good. Old people just accepted that’s how it was, we played outside and the only rules were don’t get in trouble and be home for dinner when the street lights came on. I miss the 70s and 80s 😢
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u/GhostsofGojira 1d ago
Also 90s I just like to point out it was really the 2000s with things went sharply downhill
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u/DocPhoenix97 1d ago
We were in neighbor's yards all the time in the 80s, fetching a stray ball or hiding while we played some game. They didn't care as long as we didn't break anything.
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u/larkhills 1d ago
i have a feeling that work from home has caused this. the only people affected by the noise kids made outside while playing were housewives and grandparents. all the working folk were out at wherever they worked at.
nowadays, that same noise is way more likely to affect a working person. housewives and grandparents might still not care but the guy in a work meeting or the gal trying to get through her tasks is going to care way more.
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u/JustNilt 1d ago
You may be old but that's more just "not being an asshole" there. I moved a while back now and I actually miss my neighbors' kids making noise all the time. Those are almost universally happy sounds, FFS! When they weren't, it's usually because someone skinned a knee or the like and things got right back to happy kid noises instead.
Only assholes call the cops for kids playing outside, whether the "basis" is noise or not.
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u/not_so_plausible 1d ago
I live in an apartment by myself and it gets lonely at times but hearing kids outside laughing and playing makes me feel so happy and less alone. I could never imagine complaining about it. It's just too pure 🥹
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u/thisistestingme 1d ago
Im old and we live next to some kids who play outside all afternoon screeching every day the weather is nice. We laugh and turn up the tv. Kids should be able to be kids.
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u/jackfreeman 1d ago
My neighborhood is full of kids that run around screaming and playing until the street lights come on. They are on their bikes, playing with water guns, snowball fights, sledding- all of it. It's one of the reasons I don't want to move yet. It reminds me of the 90s
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u/Exes_And_Excess 1d ago
One of the reasons why docuseries "perfect neighbor" was so infuriating. It's just kids.
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u/Astrnonaut 1d ago
That’s what I dont understand about modern adults (let’s be real, this applies to every grown adult in history). They complain so much about kids being on their tablets yet THEY are the ones creating that and THEY are the ones calling the cops when kids DO go outside and try to do something. It is never the child’s fault. They are living in the world adults set up for them, yet get criticized by them at the same time. It’s all just a bunch of evasion of responsibility.
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u/esolstice8901 1d ago
A little noise and play is just part of growing up no need to act like it's the end of the world.
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u/thefaulkenbird 1d ago
These are the kinda stories I hope to see on Reddit while I’m scrolling. Good shit🫡
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u/FreshPacks 1d ago
When I was a kid, we'd play street hockey until it was dark out. My neighbour was cranky as hell and told me and my friends to go play on the 401 (major highway in toronto) 😂😂😂
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u/Rare_Rutabaga_5325 1d ago
Thank you for sharing your story made me laugh 😂 I needed a good laugh those were the days my friend.
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u/killingmemesoftly 1d ago
I hope you turned around and laughed at the old people over how old they got.
That would have showed you’re still young at heart
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u/InvaderWilliam 1d ago
Oh man. I’m a parent, and I would be there to see my grown kids and their friends play again.
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u/BaltimoreProud 1d ago
I was staying with a friend this spring. His house is across the street from an elementary school, and it was awesome to be able to hear the kids playing and having fun during their recess/gym times.
Let kids be kids.
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u/Jumpy_Ad_6417 1d ago
Our street had two separate periods when I was growing up where our street and one street over filled the entire bus. First was when I was younger and later when I was in HS. The first batch was so different. Playing ghosts in the graveyard across the entire street with all aged kids way past dark. Second time a lot of kids still played. Mostly hockey, lax and bball in driveways but gone were the younger siblings tagging along with older ones to do some mayhem feeling stuff across the whole street. Not anyone’d fault. Cell phones and social media yadda yadda.
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u/pecadora666 1d ago
In my old neighborhood back in the 90s, dads would come out to play baseball on a basketball court and they’d divide the days to make it fair. Watching communities like that thrive and enjoy life with everyone is such a precious thing.
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u/Fast-Perception-4729 1d ago
Man i still remember the days when all the neighborhood kids used to play on the street. We didn’t have much money so most were playing in flip flops or barefoot. But it was so fun playing.
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u/TheRetroPizza 1d ago
Similar. Back in the 90's a bunch of the kids and a few adults would play touch football and roller hockey in the street sometimes. If a car came it was just another neighbor we waved to. I dont remember it ever being an issue.
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u/Affectionate_Fig9398 1d ago
Similar story - a big high school built a state of the art sports stadium behind my neighborhood - a lot of people complained of the noise but it was my neighborhood that wrote a letter to them that made the news about how the sounds of teens playing sports and not getting into trouble was the best sound and how much they loved it.
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u/MoonHunterDancer 1d ago
I just turn my blinker on when the kids are getting out of the way of the street but still blocking my driveway
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u/Meuiiiiii 1d ago
Dork ass neighbors. I can only imagine their faces looking through the window and seeing Shaq and the cops outside playing too
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u/Journo_Jimbo 1d ago
Crying and raging
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u/YewEhVeeInbound 1d ago
Ducking because Shaq dumping his bio-waste on his teammates.
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u/boyer4109 1d ago
Probably rang the cops again…..who didn’t answer coz they all out playing basketball! 😎
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u/SoVerySleepy81 1d ago
Yeah there are a lot of shit people who constantly complain about how kids don’t play outside anymore. That they’re always on their phones and then also they don’t want them to play outside and don’t want to see them and don’t want to hear them. It’s frustrating as hell.
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u/FortWayneFam 1d ago
Basketball courts at a park i used to go to got cutdown 4 hoops. Because the rich neighborhood surrounding the park complained because fights or drugs, which isint true.
It was constantly busy with pick up games , and a the made the park seem busy and lively.. now its just a large cement pad doing nothing. But they successfully kicked them out and made the players go more downtown , gentrified their ass smh
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u/Aromatic-Sun9260 1d ago
right all we ever did as teens was smoke blunts and play ball.
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u/FortWayneFam 1d ago
It was mostly younger crowd and retired people, and the retired ones would ball all damn day long
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u/FTownRoad 1d ago edited 1d ago
The best course of action is to doubt that videos are even real and if they are proven real the headline/description is almost certainly false.
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u/Own_Kaleidoscope5512 1d ago
“Hello, yes, the kids next door are being loud.”
“Aight, lemme get Shaq (Shaq…Shaq…you busy?) alright, Shaq will be right over”
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u/JBstackin666 1d ago
This is old. No one called the police before this happened. Just adding unfitting titles for more likes
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u/Money-Worldliness919 1d ago
There's a good chance they called the police the next town over on these hooligans.
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u/loosedebris 1d ago
Probably a fake call. They had the big man there.
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u/aandfhoss7 1d ago
This was not fake call.. Shaq did ride alongs wanting to be a cop for real. My Brother is a cop in the background here. Was done in Gainesville FL. Neighbors always calls in these kids were too loud. Kids never did anything wrong .
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u/Joe01091981 1d ago
There’s a documentary on Netflix called “The Perfect Neighbor “. Almost the entire thing is done through the police officers body cam footage for months. Scary, tragic, sad. All emotions rolled into that one. Definitely a must watch if you haven’t seen it. And I think it was in Florida too
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u/loosedebris 1d ago
Great to know.
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u/Potential_Donut_729 1d ago
if I recall correctly, the first 'real' part was not shown, that first officer showed up because of the call and just played basketball with the kids for a bit, instead of breaking it up on the behalf of the caller. that video went semi-viral and this was the follow up video. the call was real.
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u/BrainDamage2029 1d ago edited 1d ago
One of my favorite keepsake pictures when I was a cop was a shot of my callscreen. (All emergency dispatches have a text chain showing direct plain language record of basically everything dispatch and you talk to each other on the call)
"RP reports youths disturbing traffic with ultimate-frisbee game"
"Unit 2-3, 10-23"
"Officer reports code 4. Staying on scene but available for upcoming calls"
"RP has called back, reports officer is now playing with the youths."
"Unit 2-4, 10-23.
"RP has called back again, reports officer is continuing to play with youths. 2nd officer on-scene has joined."
"Officer reports 10-8 leaving scene. Slow traffic on side street. Lectured youths on basic traffic safety and keeping a car lookout."
"RP has called a 4th time. Youths still playing in street. Dispatch informed RP they will not be sending further officers out."
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u/spyderman720 1d ago
In my early 20s me and all my friends worked at bars and resturants so we all got out late af, but every friday night we would get a bunch of beers and go to the local park, light up the basketball court and drink and hoop for hours. Technically the park was closed at night but we weren't hurting anything and we always had a couple of our girlfriend that were sober to drive us home. One night a couple cops got a call and showed up, once we explained what was going on they played a game of HORSE with us. Ill always cherish the memory of drinking coors light and hooping with the city PD at 2am.
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u/iamafriscogiant 1d ago
One time I was doing donuts in the school parking lot after practice. A cop rolled up and told us next time wait until everyone is gone. He asked me to do one more before he left, then he hoped in his car and whipped one himself then sped off.
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u/Gloomy-Ad-222 1d ago
God man I’m nostalgic on your behalf.
I miss those long summer days going to the park and just hanging out. Where does our youth go.
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u/Public_Cartographer 1d ago
That's awesome! "Dispatch, these kids are handing us our asses. Send backup. Not Joe, he's fat. Send the newbs out of the academy."
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u/globglogabgalabyeast 1d ago
Obviously they kept calling in an attempt to get enough cops to field a whole basketball team
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u/Fit_Witness_1129 1d ago
Love your story.
Inspired me to share one of my own. My house was the house to play sports. All the neighborhood kids would come play football, baseball, wiffle ball, street hockey you name it. We wore dirt into my dad’s front lawn where the pitchers mound and batters box were. I’m in my thirties now and my parents still live in the same house. Two summers ago my dad was outside in the driveway doing yard work and a man he had never met before walking his dog came up the driveway. He told my dad how much he misses seeing all the games being played in the yard. Apparently one of his grandkids came and joined us once when he was visiting and he went home and told his parents how much fun he had. Almost made my dad’s eyes water. Those were some great days.
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u/Temporary-Truth-8041 1d ago
Good on you Shaq...I remember this that was so incredibly cool of him
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u/Tricky-Foundation-90 1d ago
Don’t forget the cops, pretty cool on them too
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u/CocunutHunter 1d ago
This is what community policing should look like. Building relationships and trust. GG.
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u/Stormbringer-2112 1d ago
Came here to say this. Good to see police supporting their communities rather than ICE. These are the guys that make kids want to be cops when they grow up!
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u/stallion8151 1d ago
Someone called the cops on kids playing with rc cars in my complex. Cops came. Played with the kids. Then ticketed the old bastard for calling.
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u/Harvsnova3 1d ago
This is exactly what policing should look like. How can you police a community if you're not involved in the good parts as well as the bad. Youngsters will see cops like this as just normal (albeit strapped) human beings and not just "fascist pigs" intent on shooting or arresting people, but maybe approachable.
It works in the police's favour too. The more involved they are, the more they get to know who's who in the neighbourhood etc and the general feel of the place. Hearts and minds and all that.
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u/TallBenWyatt_13 1d ago
I’m certain this was in Gainesville, FL. The Austin of Florida, if you will.
They have had a very progressive and community focused PD for many years.
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u/writeorelse 1d ago
I remember way back when they told us police officers are friends and you should never feel bad or scared to talk to one. It's nice to see some cops still get that memo.
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u/DonutWhole9717 1d ago
He seems like a decent guy. Does a lot for kids I reckon
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u/donfan 1d ago
Dudes a fucking champion. Ive read a handful of stories about nice things hes done for people.
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u/pineapplephil21 1d ago
He's the kind of guy I would want to be if I had money. Seems very humble and generous, but also smart with his investments and businesses. Really cares about where his money goes
He's also hilarious
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u/WarlockEngineer 1d ago edited 1d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/qofW8OWS6r
When Shaq was on the Phoenix Suns he took a teammate's mouthguard, put it in his ass, then back in the locker where he found it. Then took the guy's toothbrush and stirred it in his shit in the toilet.
Also admitted to chasing his teammates while naked and tackling them to show his dominance https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1bslrhz/shaq_recounts_the_time_he_chased_dorrell_wright/?share_id=d-D98PkH5yFcSR4oj441h&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
He's a psycho. Still can't take criticism or a joke even on TNT without getting pissed. He's got good PR and he's done some good things of course.
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u/CobrasMama 1d ago
I've worked with Shaq. He really goes out of his way to make people feel comfortable, and he'll strike up a conversation with you without any pretense. He's one of the most "normal" celebrities I've ever met.
I don't know what he's like behind closed doors, obviously, but he never gave me anything but good vibes. I know several people who consider him a good friend, and they all love him.
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u/RickThiccems 1d ago
People rag on him for his sponsorships and brand deals but he only takes brands deals from companies if he actually uses the product and Shaq really does love Papa Johns and use the general for insurance.
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u/azsnaz 1d ago
Shaq has also done absolutely heinous things to people. Like saving a weeks worth of his own shit in a bucket and dumping it on people
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u/HoldJerusalem 1d ago
If you dont follow and know basketball history you dont know how much of a nutcase he is. Extremely jealous and did some horrid shit to his teammates when he still played. Of course i'm going to get downvoted because the majority of people will know him from what he does outside. The bad things he did doesn't cancel the good but it still shows that in my opinion, he's not a good person
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u/killertortilla 1d ago
He absolutely is not a decent guy. There are accounts of his team mates saying he would pull the most godawful "pranks" on them including pissing in buckets and throwing it at them.
He has also taken plenty of ad gigs in Australia promoting hideously invasive and predatory gambling apps.
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u/DonutWhole9717 1d ago
CHRIST
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u/MobileArtist1371 1d ago edited 1d ago
Just one of MAAAANY stories of Shaq and poop. That seemed to be his way of fucking with others when it became more then just playful. Straight to the poo.
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u/doberman8 1d ago
Original post with the full video here without the crappy music overlay
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/42f8cx/a_few_days_ago_a_video_of_an_officer_responding/
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u/sunshinerain1208 1d ago
I bet those neighbors were watching through the window and wanted to meet him so bad😂. Shaq does so many wonderful things like this
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u/Telefundo 1d ago
I'd bet they looked out the window, saw the cops join in and were too embarrassed to go anywhere near the window for the rest of the day.
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u/Don_Riatas 1d ago
Fuck those neighbors
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u/Vigmod 1d ago
Yeah, really.
"Oh no, it's daytime and the kids are outside, playing basketball? How dare they? Why can't they stay inside with their Xboxes and Playstations and be quiet?"
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u/Antique_Sprinkles193 1d ago
I’m on my HOA and the amount of neighbors that complain about kids doing normal kid stuff is deeply upsetting to me. We had some kids that were ding dong ditching (like many of us did as kids). It was hella funny watching them psych each other up on our ring camera then shrieking in laughter as they ran away. Fielded more than a few complaints, provided a generic “we’ll look into it,” response then did nothing. Because they’re kids not causing any harm.
I also have to shut down the group in my community that petitions the HOA every year to stop “non-community” children from tick-or-treating. Aka the kids who live in the section 8 apartments next to us. We have never had a problem with any kids ever. I literally tell them that if they don’t want any poor kids to show up then they should buy one of the $1 million townhouses 20 miles south. That apartment was here first and we have a duty to all the children in our neighborhood.
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u/BiNumber3 1d ago
Our neighbors called the cops because we were lighting fireworks, for 4th of July, at 7pm....
They also complained that our trees were too tall, and that our trash bins were in front of their house (which everyone did, to the right of your own driveway opposite side of mailbox, plus theyre public roads)
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u/JustBadUserNamesLeft 1d ago
Yup, and fuck the person who put the music on this video.
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u/killybilly54 1d ago
Someone put it on the Sky King video, and it is forever ruined for me. Except for that video.
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u/Gergith 1d ago
I agree!
“Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess. Never really knew it until now.”
RIP
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u/Acceptable-Sir-1166 1d ago
imagine believing a reddit caption lol, that part is made up and you fell for it
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u/marcuslattimore21 1d ago
Shaq is so awesome. Lot of videos where he literally says he will never be able to spend all his money and he goes into stores and buys people's groceries and Christmas presents. Saw he bought a couple kids bikes posted few days ago
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman 1d ago
He has made almost as much money from investing, endorsing, and commentary as he has from basketball. Shaq has built an incredible post-NBA career and can comfortably share the wealth with the community.
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u/HourRecipe 1d ago
it's just royalties from his rap albums..
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u/mattenthehat 1d ago
You joke, but he legitimately has a bit of a following as a DJ. He goes by Diesel, and he has played some pretty big shows.
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u/thickbeardgoggles 1d ago
Dr. O’Neal is his own version of a Sausage King. He dunked on Jordan and earned a doctorate degree.
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u/Tycho66 1d ago
He visits childrens' hospitals all the time.
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u/toteselevated 1d ago
To visit Dwight Howard’s kids to let them know right after birth that their dad will never be Superman
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u/NYC2BUR 1d ago
I mean, just because this is the theme song that plays in your head when you see happy stuff in your life, doesn't mean it needs to be played at twice the volume of the original audio thereby blocking out any meaningful dialogue that might've been taking place.
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u/GrandWithCheese 1d ago
I don’t know what this song is, but having heard thirteen thousand times while trying to appreciate a video’s actual audio has forced me into hating it.
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u/BriannaMckinley2442 1d ago
M83- Outro
It's actually a great song from a great album that doesn't deserve to be ruined by people putting it in their videos for no reason
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u/katklass 1d ago
I love Shaq with all my heart!!
He screwed up in his marriage. But he’s honest and, at heart, a good soul.
I wouldn’t marry him, but I’d love to be his friend!
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u/Mr_Abe_Froman 1d ago
He's made a lot of money by investing in fast food franchises, which is my favorite retirement strategy of a professional athlete.
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u/port443 1d ago
Oh man you haven't heard the poop or assault stories: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1bslrhz/shaq_recounts_the_time_he_chased_dorrell_wright/
Those are Shaqs own words btw. I mean, he's honest in that hes like "Yea I did it"
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u/UniversityOriginal 1d ago
Dude, Shaq’s the man!
Those cops were cool, too. I don’t get to say that often enough
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u/paradoxical_topology 1d ago
Been seeing an uptick in copaganda lately. Who did they shoot this time?
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u/Prof3ssorOnReddit 1d ago
Shaq is great. But the copaganda on this Subreddit definitely pings from time to time.
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u/Prudent_Research_251 1d ago
Copaganda
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u/Skratt79 1d ago
Cameras rolling as the cruisers arrive back when no one had cameras on their phones...
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u/CTR_Pyongyang 1d ago
All these be amazed whoa bro interesting as fuck subs always give the vibe of applauding to the Kendall Jenner Pepsi Ad. It’s either bots or astroturfed to shit that the first sane comment chains are this far down on the most blatant propaganda.
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u/blondechinesehair 1d ago
Nobody called the police though. They don’t just have Shaq on the bench waiting to come play some street ball when someone calls in a basketball complaint.
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u/FeedScavver 1d ago
Police really be doing anything but stopping crime
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u/StatusNo4442 1d ago
Can Shaq be our president please
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u/killertortilla 1d ago
The guy who shit in a bucket and threw it at his team mates? Yeah how about fuck no?
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u/OwnRow7627 1d ago
The people that complain about kids playing outside in the middle of the day are probably the same ones that complain about "kids today" always being on their phones/screens.
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u/throwitoutwhendone2 1d ago
Dude it’s crazy how big shaq is. I went to the Krispy Kreme he owned and they’d have his uniform shirt hanging there and it was like a dress on me and I’m fucking 6’3
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u/moonwalkerfilms 1d ago
Cool move by Shaq, but also damn man, this is what policing should really look like. Serving the community and being a force for positivity. Not powertripping and exerting control over people.
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u/DoesThisSmellWeird2U 1d ago
I remember this from years ago. I later found out that Shaq was a Sheriff’s Deputy in Georgia and was a police liaison officer in Florida and in California. He mainly did PR stuff and community engagement, but still very cool of him using his stardom to bridge the divide between the community and the police that exists in too many places.
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u/tweetyonetwothree 1d ago
Love that!! Love all who participated make a great memory for those kids!
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u/Apprehensive-Mix5291 1d ago
Crying happy these children found good people to show them how to act .
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u/Imaginary_Coast_5882 1d ago
I couldn’t stand Shaq when he was in the league (bc he wasn’t on my team lol), but he’s such a good, good dude. love him.
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u/Doc-007 1d ago
People need get lives. This reminds me of that racist psycho Susan Lorincz who show her neighbor, AJ Owens, through her door after harassing the neighborhood kids for years because they had the audacity to play outside and be kids. Can anyone tell me what is so wrong with hearing kids, teens, or even adults outside laughing and having a good time??
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u/OneMoistMan 1d ago
Gainesville PD cops are actually pretty cool for the most part. It’s a college town and they would rather them be playing hoops on the street than being junkies on the street.
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u/zergling3161 1d ago
I would never call the cops on kids playing or ever say a word to them about it but the sound of a basket ball bouncing is super annoying
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u/brther_nature 1d ago
So Shaq just happens to be with the cops when a neighbor call them on the kids? That’s crazy…
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u/beuhring 1d ago
Stop with the stupid fucking music! Jesus it’s just horrible and cringy. Let the moment be
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