An unhinged white man tried to make life hell for a Black neighbor, all over the neighbor’s “loud music.”
On a recent evening in Brunswick, Georgia, one car owner was vibing to some tunes and enjoying a lollipop while cleaning out his vehicle in a housing complex parking lot.
Suddenly, an irate white man approached, shirtless and in flip-flops. In the first of three TikTok videos, the shirtless man yanked a nine-millimeter handgun from his shorts pocket and waved it around.
His only gripe? He claimed the music coming from the car stereo was too loud.
‘All I Got is a Lollipop’
The absurdity of the situation was not lost on the car owner. “As you see in this video, all I have is a lollipop,” he said in the video. “What am I going to do to him with a lollipop and some music?”
He kept the camera pointed at the man and, at one point, assured him he would not post the clips on social media. By the end of the dangerous ordeal, however, the car owner changed his tune, saying, “Thank you for the content.”
TikTok user “ms_giggs” posted the footage on July 8, and the man’s behavior is so off the rails it’s hard to look away.
@ms_giggs Racism in Brunswick,Ga Part 1. All he was doing was cleaning out his truck and listening to music snacking on a lollipop. Where is the threat? Why pull out a weapon? #racism #fyp #foryoupage ♬ original sound – Giggs
Amid the ranting and raving, the shirtless man and his off-camera female companion had the nerve to threaten to call the cops.
Spoiler alert: the gun-toting lunatic was the person ultimately handcuffed and detained. That moment happened in the last video, when at least five officers responded to the car owner’s 911 call.
@ms_giggs Racism in Brunswick,Ga Part 2. All he was doing was cleaning out his truck and listening to music snacking on a lollipop. Where is the threat? Why pull out a weapon? #racism #fyp #foryoupage ♬ original sound – Giggs
While Georgia has some of the most lenient gun laws in the country, anyone who displays a firearm in a threatening manner can face charges ranging from a misdemeanor to felony assault, depending on the circumstances.
In the video, the car owner said he’d press charges and had some pointed commentary for viewers:
@ms_giggs Racism in Brunswick,Ga Part 3, All he was doing was cleaning out his truck and listening to music snacking on a lollipop. Where is the threat? Why pull out a weapon? #racism #fyp #foryoupage ♬ original sound – Giggs
“Every court date, b—. Who are you, sir? I want to figure out your name. Thank you for the content.” He also added, “It’s not going down like that. Could have been another Black death tonight because of some music.”