A Florida woman took to TikTok to share a confrontation she had with a security guard at a shopping plaza. “Who kids?” she wrote on TikTok. “This security guard threatening them.”
Posted by TikTok user Lalawright2 (Lala), Lala videos the security guard and two children arguing, one of whom calls out the guard for saying he would “kick their [expletive].” Lala is then heard getting the guard’s attention.
Lala tries to get an answer out of the security guard, asking why he would say that to someone’s children. These are minors, after all. The guard disregards her questions, stating he doesn’t need to “explain” and that it was the children who started it.
“It doesn’t matter. You’re an adult. They’re children,” Lala says. The guard responds back. “So what?”
The security guard then tries to defend himself, arguing he isn’t hurting them right now and continues to try and brush her off. Lala is heard still scolding his behavior as she walks away. “Don’t tell no kids you gonna put your hands on them… especially not black people.”
According to one of the boys, the security guard had been watching them while they were in Ross Dress For Less.
Family related to the children enter the chat
There was an uproar in the comment section of Lala’s TikTok video, with many condemning the security guard. The loudest voices among them were that of families claiming to know the kids that were involved.
TikTok user Luh_R4 claimed to be the mother of the boy in the black shirt. “I’m about to make it his birthday,” she wrote in relation to the security guard. She later posted that the security guard wasn’t there and that she’d try again the next day.
Another commenter, TikTok user Quantavia, claimed to be the other boy’s aunt. She too shared on TikTok she’d be confronting the security guard, who she called a “toy cop on a power trip.” TikTok user Luh_R4 even joined Quantavia’s comment thread, stating she’s taught her kids to get “disrespectful when being disrespected.”
Several viewers seemed to know of the security guard and had interactions with him before. One viewer said the security guards there are “rude,” another said the one in the video was a “disgusting man,” and one even claimed he told his brother to kiss his rear.
Aside from ridicule, some viewers called for action, posting the business he works for so people can report him. From the response, it’s clear people aren’t comfortable with security guards making alleged threats towards children, regardless of the children’s behavior.
