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groundloop

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Thu Nov 20, 2025, 04:27 PM Nov 2025

Bodycam shows arrest of Alabama woman wearing penis costume at protest: 'This is a family town' [View all]

Source: AL.com

Newly released bodycam footage shows a Fairhope police colonel confronting and arresting a 61-year-old grandmother dressed in an inflatable penis costume during a protest last month.

The footage, provided to AL.com by Renea Gamble’s legal team, captures Col. Andrew Babb telling Gamble her costume would not be tolerated in a “town that has values.”

“I’m not going to sit here and argue with you,” Babb says in the video. “If my kids came by here to see this, how would I explain this?”

[snip]

Babb replies, “How would you explain to my children what you are supposed to be? This is a family town. I’m not going to have someone out here dressed like this. It’s abusive.” He later adds, “I would hate for her grandkids to see her like this.”



Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2025/11/bodycam-shows-arrest-of-alabama-woman-wearing-penis-costume-at-protest-this-is-a-family-town.html
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How can you get a family without a penis? Ocelot II Nov 2025 #1
Yes, We Must Save The Children Mr.Bee Nov 2025 #2
Let her have this dork. GreenWave Nov 2025 #3
his town is crawling with penises including his msongs Nov 2025 #4
I am guessing his kids are on the honor roll. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #5
She better get off and she better sue him! 1WorldHope Nov 2025 #6
Sue the prick pfitz59 Nov 2025 #7
One prick accosting another. nt moniss Nov 2025 #8
Cop has penis envy Bayard Nov 2025 #9
The president of the united states can say Democrats should be hanged or murdered but a bluestarone Nov 2025 #10
Remind me to NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER go to Alabama, spend any money in Alabama EVER, or buy PatrickforB Nov 2025 #11
That's one of the strangest towns in AL. Ursus Rex Nov 2025 #12
I cannot speak for today. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2025 #13
Family town? What's that? Like your town was once a "Sundown Town?" Grins Nov 2025 #14
Well the cop does have a point, some residents might have taken offense at her costume FakeNoose Nov 2025 #15
she did nothing wrong moonshinegnomie Nov 2025 #17
Ever heard about "freedom of speech?"...a costume is speech, just like burning the US flag. NotHardly Nov 2025 #18
S T O P SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #20
It's not illegal to wear a costume just because someone else finds it offensive Wiz Imp Nov 2025 #29
sue the cop for depravation of rights under color of law moonshinegnomie Nov 2025 #16
#1 Call ACLU. #2 Sue the town of Fairhope ReRe Nov 2025 #33
They had no reason to be hard on her. Harker Nov 2025 #19
🤣 😲 🤭 IcyPeas Nov 2025 #23
Hopefully there will be a discharge soon Polybius Nov 2025 #24
And stiff penalties for the cops. Harker Nov 2025 #25
But... Arnold Palmer penis... microphone blowjob... BDE (big dick energy) IcyPeas Nov 2025 #21
If any of his kids are boys over about 10 years of age, they'd probably... 3catwoman3 Nov 2025 #22
The "president" simulated giving a microphone a blow job RockCreek Nov 2025 #26
Damn, people have been electrocuted doing that FakeNoose Nov 2025 #31
It looks like a thumb. That's what she should have said. Bread and Circuses Nov 2025 #27
That lady's protest and costume are less obscene than the average sermon preached in that town, RockRaven Nov 2025 #28
Must not be much crime in that city... Ohioboy Nov 2025 #30
Fairhope isn't a very big town. ReRe Nov 2025 #34
Cowards, every one of them. travelingthrulife Nov 2025 #37
You tell your kids... Kablooie Nov 2025 #32
Way to make penis costumes go viral and show up everywhere, Col. Babb. Timeflyer Nov 2025 #35
A family town where they wrestle peaceful protestors down to the ground. Right. travelingthrulife Nov 2025 #36
Regarding the quote from Babb... GiqueCee Nov 2025 #38
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