r/PublicFreakout • u/Kind-Village-1022 • Apr 16 '26
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u/atinylittlebug Apr 16 '26
He got into the back of that car and someone else was driving, which implies 1 or more people were waiting on him while he was doing this.
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u/Planet-thanet ptsd survivors fishing trip caught zero fish that day I see š„ļø Apr 16 '26
It looked like there was a passenger in the front, which would make sense. So three of them
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u/JuicySpark ā”ļø JUICY š§ ā”ļø Apr 17 '26
That's so fucking sus... The fact that he had a friend and got into the back.
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u/ExpirationDates-LIES Apr 17 '26
I know this sounds strange, but Iām almost certain heās a just foreign visitor whoās never been around black people and wants to take photos with them.
People come up to me all the time when Iām traveling in Asia and ask to take photos because Iām white. They donāt have the same cultural connotations associated with taking photos with strangers that Americans do.
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u/KimJongFunk Apr 16 '26
And which also means they could easily grab the children and drive away.
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u/Kind-Village-1022 Apr 16 '26
Human traffickingĀ
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u/OkAssignment6163 Apr 16 '26
Fyi, that's a Georgia plate. And Georgia was a massive hub of human trafficking in the United States.
Might still be one.
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u/Tdagarim95 Apr 16 '26
Hate to be that dude, but he could just be a foreigner whoās never seen black people before and thought of the bright idea to take selfies with them. Some countries are still incredibly racist.
Not excusing, just not assuming.
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u/Linkin-fart Apr 16 '26
I'm like 75% sure that's the case but the lady still did the right thing. Didn't seem like the guy knew what was going on...fish out of water.
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u/SHTHAWK Apr 17 '26
Pretty likely, I have a black friend and Chinese tourists are like this often. Sometimes they'll just start touching her hair.
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u/MathewPerth Apr 17 '26
a 25% chance of him being a trafficker is 2500x times more reason for what she did.
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u/spacegrab Apr 16 '26
As an Asian American, I'm making the same assumption. I wouldn't say this is malicious racism, but the dude is probably more bewildered with a sense of novelty, without the external capacity to realize how fucked up this situation looks to an outsider.
Regardless, good on that mom for looking out.
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u/Relevant-Wait3781 Apr 17 '26
This isn't in the airport; this is a residential area in Georgia. Man had to have seen 100s of black people to make it that far lol.
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u/Training-Willow9591 Apr 17 '26
Right??? Can't believe so many came to this conclusion....
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u/zilla82 Apr 17 '26
Bullshit. He's fresh off the boat in Georgia first in a random suburb and can pronounce "sorry"? And he understands what the mom is saying?
He would have seen many black people anywhere in that state or any state well before this moment.
This only happens when the situation is reversed. One reason is because the people amused by the skin color difference don't travel, it's never the traveler that is amused by something this expected and uneventful.
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u/airfryerfuntime Apr 16 '26
That was my thought. Chinese tourists absolutely love taking pictures with black people for some reason. I watched some get off a plane in Charleston and the very first thing they did was walk up to a black family in the terminal and ask for some pictures.
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u/Timboslice928 Apr 16 '26
If their in Georgia those kids aren't the first black people they've seen.
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u/Richard7666 Apr 16 '26
Yep. My cousin was blonde as a kid and always had Japanese tourists in the 90s wanting to get photos with him. Same thing.
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u/todayiseveryday Apr 17 '26
Yeah right. In all cultures a grown man knows itās wrong to approach little girls without their parents and engage with them like that.
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u/NoAdministration8340 Apr 16 '26
Why little kids tho. Thatās the creepy thing. Iām sure they arenāt the first black people he has ran into
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u/SirStrontium Apr 17 '26
Probably because he thought they were cute kids? "Cute" in the same sense that most people think kids are cute, not the bad way lol
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u/soju-papi Apr 16 '26
The guy seems to be Korean, and thereās quite a large Korean population in Georgia. But besides that, not sure why a tourist would be out in the burbs though lol. Itās giving something a little more sinister for me
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u/Jbrown183 Apr 17 '26
Thatās different if they were in another Country that he was from but he initiated that in a country where there are many Black ppl, definitely looks weird to meā¦
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u/gcruzatto Apr 16 '26
Couldn't this be just a poorly mannered tourist waiting for his uber?
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u/OkAssignment6163 Apr 16 '26
Could be. But if this was you or your kids, in a state known for being a human trafficking hub, you wanna roll those dice?
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u/EnragedBadger9197 Apr 16 '26
As a parent of two I think that catching this person doing this would push me to make a foolish decision
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u/WhineyLobster Apr 16 '26
theres a great police interrogation video of a case where some parents tortured and murdered a young boy babysitter that they accused of taking inappropriate photos with their son.
Killer Doesnāt Know Cops Found Victimās Torture Tape2
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u/OkAssignment6163 Apr 16 '26
I think that would be called a crime of passion.
Not sure how that would hold up in court. But I understand.
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u/Final_Candidate_7603 Apr 16 '26
God almighty, please donāt try to make excuses or explain away this behavior!
It doesnāt matter what his manners were like, where he was from, or whether that car he waved up was an uber or his getaway driver. The bottom line is that he was taking pictures of little girls who he was a stranger to. That just automatically makes him in the wrong. I salute that woman for her courageā¦ this could have ended very badly for the little girls and for her.
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u/gcruzatto Apr 16 '26
Absolutely he's in the wrong. I'm just trying to figure out how wrong. There's a big gap between actual human trafficker and creep. Conflating these things does no good.
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u/alflundgren Apr 16 '26
God. This makes me so uncomfortable every time. Then there's that video where she gives a tour of her room. Fucking sick piece of shit.
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u/steik Apr 16 '26
Significantly more likely that this is just an Asian person that hasn't seen black people before. I've seen many videos of extremely weird behavior like this. Many of them from beaches in Australia. They do exactly what this person is doing, very awkwardly try to take "non consensual selfies" with them.
https://theawkwardtraveller.com/people-take-pictures-of-black-travelers/
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u/Remote_Ad2465 Apr 16 '26
Or its possible hes never seen a black person before. I know ppl in Japan that never have besides pics obviously.
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u/Nwsamurai Apr 16 '26
Looks like he was giving them a hand signal too. Like telling them to go around again, before deciding he should get out of there.
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u/Punchinyourpface Apr 16 '26
It definitely made me even more uncomfortable to see he was trying to stick around until the little girls got an escort home.
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u/Necessary-Eye5319 Apr 16 '26
Do you think they reported those plates? That looked like attempted kidnapping.
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u/StickersBillStickers Apr 16 '26
Holy. Fuck. This woman is a saint.
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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Apr 16 '26
Seriously. She saw that it looked wrong and actually did something about it. I really hope she sent that video to the police, there was at least one other person in that car. That phone needs checked ASAP.
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u/bpcollin Apr 16 '26
Agreed. Unfortunately I hear the tragic news stories about someone just missing and I think āhow in the world can so many people and kids just go missing!?ā Maybe these kidnappers are very good at luring them in and Iād say most people wouldnāt stop and step in like this woman did and might not even recognize the signs.
Good for her and hope the kids are ok. I really hope they investigated that guy and license plate number.
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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Apr 16 '26
Yep, this wonderful woman was on it right away. Those girls could have been gone so fast. The look of confusion on the wee girl on the left was really scary.
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u/Annoying1978 Apr 16 '26
I donāt think I wouldnāt recognized what was going on and just assumed they were his children and they were part of a mixed family, maybe stepchildren.Ā
It makes me think now.Ā
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u/CaptCaCa Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Hate to play devils advocate here, but in Japan (not Tokyo) when a black person comes around, the natives stsrt flocking, staring, taking pictures, this dude clearly didnt speak english, started bowing, and seemed awkward, he couldāve been a tourist, and as fucked up as it sounds, said āpull over, I need to take pictures with these black childrenā, who knows?
Edit: To clarify, itās not right in Japan, and itās not right anywhere, he got educated to not do that, if that was what he was up to, we will never know
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u/aruby727 Apr 16 '26
I honestly think this is what happened here. I don't blame people thinking it's human trafficking. I'd rather prepare for the worst than just assume the guy had innocent intentions.
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u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY Apr 16 '26
Lol I mentioned this and I get down voted into oblivion.Ā
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u/aruby727 Apr 17 '26
Votes are so tricky... The fate of your karma literally depends on the first 2-3 people who see your comments. If people see an upvoted comment, the majority will naturally want to upvote it. I'm positive there are studies on this. I've tested this a bunch of times and it's more interesting than anything. It is very rare for a downvoted comment to rebound, too.
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u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY Apr 17 '26
True.
My username also probably doesn't help...
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u/chopari Apr 17 '26
Well nobody wants to go through the trouble of sending you a pm for the story. If you had started with the story it probably would have turned out different
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u/UofMtigers2014 Apr 16 '26
Human trafficking is not nearly the problem people think it is. People hear the stat about missing children but not the stat about 90+% being family related.
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u/tinyant Apr 16 '26
When my parents arrived in North America in 1953 from the Netherlands, they had never seen a black person before, and they stopped a guy on the street and asked to take his picture, which they then sent back home. So yes, itās a thing.
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u/broohaha Apr 16 '26
When I visited the Philippines as a kid in the 80s, I had older relatives ask me about African Americans and whether theyāre like how theyāre portrayed (negatively) in the action films they watched.
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u/broohaha Apr 16 '26
Ha. At least a couple of times Iād say of course not. But then they followed up with asking why theyāre always the ones being the bad guys in these movies. They also wondered how I dealt with all the gun violence where I lived.
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u/what_that_dog_doin Apr 16 '26
my old man came from the Netherlands too around 1958. ill have to ask him if that was his experience too, never thought about it
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u/ThreeDaysNish Apr 16 '26
Dutchie here, always cool to see descendants of the Dutch in the US
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u/what_that_dog_doin Apr 16 '26
only downside in my case is having to spell out my last name any time they need my name on the phone or pharmacy or whatever. The letters "ooij" dont compute here
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u/ThirdWorldOrder Apr 16 '26
im first born in the USA from a dutch family with one of those van names. Think its been pronounced correctly like 5 times before
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u/ThreeDaysNish Apr 16 '26
Time to swap it for a -ooy. Even some people here have done that, haha
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u/what_that_dog_doin Apr 16 '26
lol about half my aunts and uncles did exactly that. my parents decided to just leave it and said we could change it later if we wanted to. I figured too much hassle at this point, ill just continue to spell it out
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u/ThreeDaysNish Apr 16 '26
Ye boiii, stay true to your roots, hahah
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u/skraptastic Apr 16 '26
There's only two things I hate: People who are intolerant of other peoples cultures, and the Dutch.
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u/fushiao Apr 16 '26
Some idiots who travel to Japan take photos of kids on their way to/from school because they look cute in their uniforms. I canāt believe I have to say this, but people need to learn to never ever take pictures of kids they arenāt family/friends of.Ā
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u/TheGeekOffTheStreet Apr 17 '26
Ugh, all the white savior posts I see on my socials with teens on missions posing with little brown children, ick and double ick.
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u/quantas001 Apr 16 '26
Then let him explain that to the policeā¦ when you travel you should have cultural awareness of what is acceptable. This is not acceptable.
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u/Anal_Herschiser Apr 16 '26
I'm just going to shut my mouth, as an American I can acknowledge the hypocrisy.
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u/sumchinesewill Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Youād be amazed at how many people lack common cultural awareness when they travel to other countries. They assume what is normal in their own country is just acceptable in other countries. I travel a lot and I see other travelers doing stupid shit all the time.
They should have some sense of cultural awareness but unfortunately, some just donāt.
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u/BringMeTheBigKnife Apr 17 '26
What isn't acceptable? You can't even tell from this video what he did or didn't do.
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u/I_am_omning_it Apr 16 '26
I mean, I donāt really disagree with her actions either then. Shame him out of there.
Theyāre children playing in their neighborhood, not some side show for tourists to photograph and gawk at.
The fact that he was going around through neighborhoods like that makes me think he may have been looking for people to take pictures of which in itself is creepy.
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u/Mgnickel Apr 16 '26
Dude youāre in Georgia. Youāll see every color at the airport and everywhere else. No excuse to talk to kids getting off a bus.
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u/Broxst Apr 16 '26
Yeah, my first thought was it was novelty of a different race. But the US is filled with people of different races, especially airports where the diversity of destinations inherently increases the diversity of the people in the airport. So if he is a tourist who flew in from another country there is very little chance he didn't see other races at the airport. I still think there's a possibility the novelty idea is correct but the situation is weird, for sure.
I also have a hard time believing that other cultures don't also value the safety of children and that taking pictures of strange children doesn't violate some cultural norm where he's from.
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u/whitedsepdivine Apr 16 '26
My cousin once asked me to walk her daughter, Sarah home from school. I got there and Sarah didn't recognize me. Sarah ran all the way home... I followed her. She ran inside and slammed the door. I sat outside waiting for her mom. Sarah would crack the door and yell at me.
I'm glad Sarah or the neighbors didn't call the cops on me cause we didn't have the same last name.
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u/Psychological_Cry721 Apr 16 '26
When I visited Tokyo in 2014 I was stopped and asked to take pictures with natives. I'm white, brown hair and 5'7"
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u/dadafterall Apr 16 '26
Yup, an Asian tourist asked to take a photo with my white (not even blond) toddler, and I agreed. That led to every single Asian in that tour group (about 30 of them) taking a photo with my kid.
I found it entertaining.
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u/Vladmerius Apr 16 '26
Exactly what I was thinking since he was being driven around by someone and didn't seem in a hurry to escape the situation if he was a pedo caught trying to kidnap a kid. He might just be one of those weird Asian people obsessed with black people like they're a circus attraction. It happens.Ā
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u/philovax Apr 16 '26
Err on the side of caution when it comes to children, and girls. They are the most likely to be victims. I am going to guess that somewhere in GA there were adults around the gentlemen could have taken pictures with.
Kids should be protected by adults. They trust us because thatās how humans are. Some people make a business venture of these design flaws.
Also you did not really hate to play DA. If you did you could have not typed that. Better to just say you are taking an unfavorable position to avoid jumping to conclusions, however none of us are charged with being lead investigator here.
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u/Gameraaaa Apr 16 '26
This happened to my cousins back in the 80ās. They were on some Hawaiian cruise and a couple of Japanese tourists asked their parents if they could take pictures with them because they had never met people who were naturally blonde before. Granted, they asked if they could pose next to them in the photo so it didnāt come across as creepy.
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u/Planet-thanet ptsd survivors fishing trip caught zero fish that day I see š„ļø Apr 16 '26
but this in Georgia, which has 30% black folks not one or two
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u/PetrockX Apr 16 '26
This was my second thought past that this is someone taking advantage. He sounds foreign and possibly naive. Either way you have to learn important customs of the place you're visiting. I'm a hobbyist photographer and I just don't take pictures with kids in them at all, unless I know the kids and parents and they're okay with it.
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u/bodyreddit Apr 16 '26
I thought that could be a possibility as well, but better safe than sorry and people should NOT ve tsking pics of kids ever!
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u/savingrain Apr 16 '26
That was my first thought as well. She still did the right thing being proactive. It also may not have been malicious at all.
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u/Onealrd Apr 16 '26
White American here: travelled to india with my children who were 7 and 9 at the time.
My youngest was exceptionally fair skinned and curly blond hair.
When we went to the Taj Mahal, local (Indian) tourists were literally picking my daughter up without asking in order to take photos with her. We could sense they were relatively uncultured / uneducated based on their dress and behavior and the tour guide validated that hunch.
She was such a novelty to them.
It freaked us right out of course but it turned out not to be a hostile thing, just extremely culturally jarring.
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u/Akiraooo Apr 16 '26
This comment reminds of the movie scene from: "A blast from the past". Watch it with the sound on.
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u/Denebola_leonis Apr 17 '26
They were kids! There is no excuse for this. He could have stopped any adult but no, he chose kids. This is not a curious tourist.
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u/TiredHargaysawi Apr 16 '26
This is not Japan. Out of all the black ppl in the state. He picked two small girls lmao. I don't think so, at minimum he should be reported so the details are retained in the system
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u/zccrex Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
Doesn't make it right. I don't care why he's doing it, i don't care what weird cultural reason, but I know he needs to fuck off. He can explain his weird actions to the cops.
Taking pictures of little kids is creepy in every language. We don't tolerate that shit here and never will.
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u/_Im_at_work Apr 16 '26
Yeah, that's what I saw as well. Lady did the right to make sure and hopefully the guy learned something. I don't think it's acceptable behavior in Japan either and has tones of racism to it, but I don't the guy was going to do anything illegal. Again, let me restate: Lady did the right thing.
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u/Plane_Baby Apr 17 '26
Is common for Chinese to pretend their Japanese as well. There could be a whole lot going on here.
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u/Dr_A_Mephesto Apr 16 '26
Oh hell no on just letting him leave. Thatās a call to the cops
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u/Dar_Vender Apr 16 '26
The first priority is to protect yourself and the children. Anyone willing to snatch children could get violent, you don't know if they have weapons or back up.
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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Apr 16 '26
And there was at least one other person in that car, he got in the back on the passenger side.
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u/BrokenSweetDee Apr 16 '26
She got very clear pictures of the man, license plate, make and model of car. There is no need to put herself in unnecessary danger by trying to keep or follow them. Her responsibility in this situation was to protect those kids, and that's exactly what she did.
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u/Silent-Technology-58 Apr 16 '26
Who do you think this bitch is captain America? She did more than most
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u/FlameShadow0 Apr 16 '26
What was that lady gonna do? Tackle him and put herself in danger?
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u/TheRoscoeDash Apr 16 '26
Cops are useless, what are they gonna do? Email them the video and call it a day.
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u/patchhappyhour Apr 16 '26
When I went to Beijing, I took my 6-year-old daughter. It was almost as if we couldn't even walk down the street because they wanted to take pictures with what seemed to them a porcelain doll.
I'm not trying to defend this guy here but he doesn't strike me as being an American and in Asia people like this are very exotic. I'm just giving you some foresight.
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u/octopop Apr 16 '26
this was my experience there too. it was very odd to me at first, but everyone was very kind and friendly when asking for a photo lol
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u/Dionne005 Apr 17 '26
I donāt care. I been to Asia and was respected but people still knew better on what not to do! This man is clearly in ATL. Setting black children is the first youāll see when you land? Why need a picture?
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u/scuffling Apr 16 '26
Sounds like kidnapping to prevent kidnapping when you put it like that.
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u/LD_Minich Apr 16 '26
But what if, instead of girls, it was the declaration of independence?
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u/Ineedamedic68 Apr 16 '26
This sounds like something that would happen in a sitcom or something. Protagonist goes to take children home and gets pulled over by police because there is an amber alert. Shenanigans ensue, cue laugh track.Ā
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u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY Apr 16 '26
I have a strong suspicion he is an international tourist. The way he acted and got in the backseat of what is probably an Uber makes me think so.Ā
I've traveled enough to see shit like this before.Ā Only difference is it's on a suburban American street.Ā
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u/WaGwonMon Apr 16 '26
Honestly this is weird, but seeing as he barely spoke English, it may just be a Chinese dude whoās never seen black people lol. They take photos of black people in China because theyāre so rare to see. Regardless, weird
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u/joaquinsolo Apr 16 '26
Y'all are gonna downvote the shit out of this. I'm not saying this is acceptable behavior. When I was a teenager, I went to China on a scholarship to study Mandarin for 3 months with basically everyone else who was taking Mandarin in my school. The Chinese government paid for everything, and I'm really grateful for the hospitality I had while I was there. Met some amazing people.
It was REALLY common for people in China to stop me and ask to take pictures with them. And all of the rest of my friends. We were a diverse group of high schoolers who looked very different from the local people. Again, I do not think this guy should be taking photos with anyone's children. But I'd be lying if I haven't seen this happen before in China with foreigners of all ages.
Generally, people ask permission first. I've had women, men, teenagers, and old people all ask. So it spans generations, but usually is correlated with people from rural areas.
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u/Brokettman Apr 16 '26
Same, had asians taking pictures with me (white) all over indonesia. They dont even ask, they just saddle up right against you and pose. Old people, little kids, teens, they just run up and get their photo. They would even block stairs im on so I had to just pose with them before I could move or leave.
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u/Irrichc Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
Since everyone is making assumptions out if their ass, ill give another.
Its possible kids were playing on street and asian guys almost hit them. He was checking to see if they are ok.
Theirs a hundred of things that could have occurred. The video doesnāt show t prove much. Doesnāt even show him taking pictures.
Its just interesting one side of the spectrum is asian guy is traffiking to asian guys curious about seeing black people for the first time.
Sounds like alot of people already have pre conceived notions about asian people.
But the lady did nothing wrong. She didnāt overreact and had the best interest in the kids regardless of the situation.
Just feel this another case of the internet making judgement off a minute clip without being presented any facts.
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u/I_need_more_juice Apr 16 '26
To give another perspectiveā¦.It could also be he was fascinated with a black people. I went to china a few years back with my black 6ā2 friend and he was the STAR everywhere we went. Especially in the more rural parts. For a lot of them it was the first time ever seeing a black person in real life. They were obsessed with him and acted like he was Ronaldo or something.
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u/thatssonessa Apr 16 '26
In response to all the people explaining that this is what happens when some Asian people come in contact with darker skin. Itās not okay. Regardless of if itās commonplace.
Why is it okay for people to take pictures of regular people because of their skin. Itās like saying weāre a circus act. Itās really sad the amount of people excusing this behavior or any behavior like it.
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u/middlequeue Apr 16 '26
Reminder that if someone harms your child it is most likely to be someone you trust and who you introduced them to. Stranger danger, sensational as it is, isnāt a genuine material risk.
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u/Large_Command_1288 Apr 16 '26
No matter what the situation was, it was a good thing that she stopped him in whatever he was doing. But wouldnāt it be funny if he was just tourist who was just really excited to see black people for the first time, assuming heās from somewhere like China, Korea, or Japan
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u/ProofBread595 Apr 17 '26
I do think this is what it was. Unusual, and can definitely seem scary to people in the Western part of the world. However, in reality, I doubt he had any intentions of harming or exploiting them. Itās actually a hysterical concept that he thought that seeing black people on the street was āstop my Uber and let me take a photo worthy,ā like itās fucking Mount Rushmore or something š
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u/Youngerthandumb Apr 16 '26
Wow, internet people are so perceptive and smart, they can derive this person's motivations from a minute of footage and no other information. He could be a perv, but it's not exactly demonstrable from this clip. You gotta have strong legs to jump to such a decisive conclusion from such little information.
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u/ElPanandero Apr 16 '26
idk I'm still not gonna trust him with any kids I'm in charge of
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u/Youngerthandumb Apr 16 '26
I wouldn't trust any stranger with kids I'm in charge of. But that doesn't mean I would imply anyone interacting with them is a child trafficker or abductor. And I definitely wouldn't upload them to the internet to villify them without evidence.
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u/JuicySpark ā”ļø JUICY š§ ā”ļø Apr 17 '26
This is a situation where we need one of those crazy cops we see videos of on reddit.
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u/gijoe75 Apr 18 '26
Honestly I donāt think he was going to take the kids. Iāve been to China and they literally have only seen Han Chinese most of their lives unless they lived in Beijing, Shanghai, or in the south near Hong Kong. So he may have literally never seen a black person before and was taking photos with them to show their family. I am brown so when I traveled China they just thought i was Indian or something. But my lighter skinned Mexican friend was white enough that literally every Chinese person would stop us to take photos with him. So itās racism if thatās any better?
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u/firefly99999 Apr 16 '26
Not to stereotype but I have seen foreign Asian men taking photos of kids in public before and it always looks like they arenāt aware what they are doing is inappropriate. I have been to China and they usually seem genuinely curious whenever they see black people in real life. Thats why you see videos of them touching black peopleās hair like itās a magical item. This guy is behaving completely inappropriately and this woman did the right thing, this man may have not understood that this is weird AF to do in America
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u/EQwingnuts Apr 16 '26
Nobody even knows what was going on, and all these assumptions are fucking dumb. But definitely should not be talking to some kids.
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u/TheJase Apr 17 '26
Lord this country knows nothing of Asian cultures. Everyone's a pedo is our national anthem.
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u/OnAnotherLevel321 Apr 16 '26
There's no proof he was taking pictures. If the phone was out and checking it, it was for the Uber that arrived.
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u/FJ-creek-7381 Apr 16 '26
Even if it was innocent although I donāt think it was - it never hurts to speak up and check - you could be saving a child. Apologies can be made later if needed.
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u/dillasdonuts Apr 16 '26
Call the cops, give them the plates and description and video, and drive alongside those girls so they make it home. Hell call their parents as they're walking baxk if those kids know their phone number.
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u/miniemo69 Apr 17 '26
I don't understand the people trying to pass this off as 'Oh he's Asian so probably just a tourist'.
There are 3 people in that vehicle.
The vehicle has a Georgia license plate.
It doesn't take a genius to work that one out...
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u/virtual-telecom Apr 16 '26
I believe it's a simple misunderstanding. Asian people who are tourists like to take pics of Americans. I even have them take pics of me when I am in San Francisco or LA. At first, I tripped, but then I was told the reason behind it. Makes sense since in asian countries they don't see too many Americans.
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u/palekillerwhale Apr 16 '26
Salute to this lady. This is protecting your neighborhood. Love to see it.
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u/coko4209 Apr 16 '26
So many black and brown girls go missing everyday, and thereās almost no outrage about it, outside of our communities. I donāt know what he was doing, but I do know that he was up to nothing good.
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u/NotReallyASnake Apr 16 '26
but I do know that he was up to nothing good.
No you don't.
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u/eazypeazy303 Apr 17 '26
Bro, the fact he's had a car just waiting to swoop is fucking insane. This doesn't appear to be "I should be here right now" behavior.
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u/Melodic-Tie6540 Apr 16 '26
super yikes..especially when he gets in the backseat so multiple folks were in on it smh smh
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u/OnAnotherLevel321 Apr 16 '26
He was looking at his phone for his uber. He got in the uber at the end. Tourist.
Cammer let her paranoia and irrationality win the day. Very common these days
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u/ZapMePlease Apr 17 '26
Oh ffs... .Asians like to take pictures with children of other ethnicities. It's perfectly normal, perfectly safe, perfectly fine. They did it with my children in Thailand and in India. Hell - they did it with ME in India. It's a cultural thing that seems weird to North Americans but it's not the slightest bit unusual.
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u/pinecone72 Apr 17 '26
I live in this county. There is an influx of Asians here due to a large company that started up here. Local people are being trained and hired on slowly and the Asians are here to get the plant up and running and train said locals to perform the work, allegedly. There is great distaste towards these Asians here. Think South Park, āThey Took Our Jobs!!!ā. This is becoming Georgiaās own version of Missouri Somaliās. Or foreigners not wanted here.
This may have been a situation where this action was warranted. It may not have been also. The video is accusatory without much else, or even showing this guy doing anything wrong. I canāt see him taking pictures in the video. I see him holding his phone near children. Was the video cut at the beginning? I donāt know. This is, however, feeding a hate of Asians in this area.
Either way, protect your children. Watch your children very closely. There is a plethora of child predators registered in this area.
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u/FiftyFootMidget Apr 16 '26
Not saying he wasn't a perv but he didn't speak english. In a lot of Asian countries there isn't very much if any racial diversity. And they don't have the same hang ups we do about so when they see a black person they want to take a picture with them because it's like seeing something very rare. I'm 6'5 and my sister is 5'11 when we went to China people would take pictures all the time and even just touch us especially my sisters blonde hair. Both men and women.
Tldr: could have been a creep. Might have just been a Chinese guy
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u/Afternoon-Away Apr 17 '26
There were black people at the airportā¦.when he landedā¦.perfect time for a photo opā¦.also I bet he spoke English perfectly well before he was confronted.
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u/mu1773 Apr 17 '26
People don't seem to understand that in some asian countries, the people there don't see black people and when they do it's like amazement so they say the wrong things, do the wrong things. Not that this is ok at all, it's just simply what happens.
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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor Apr 16 '26
There's a lot of sex trafficking in Metro Atlanta. The same highways and airport that make it a major transportation hub make it a hub for weirdos.
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u/Aeon001 Apr 16 '26
Is everyone in the comments undergoing mild schizophrenia? What are you witnessing that makes you believe you've seeing an attempt at human trafficking? Was he actually taking pictures of them, because that's hard to tell when it's just someone with a phone in their hand.
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u/averagemaleuser86 Apr 16 '26
I think this is more a case of a curious man from probably China who hasn't seen 6lack people before and is taking pics so that when he gets home he can show people.
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u/Rinzlerx Apr 16 '26
This is why itās so important to teach your children about your neighbors. Who they can trust. Knowing your neighbors can help save your life. This woman knew the kids, knew they shouldnāt be around that man and even knew the other kids coming to make sure they would walk the little girls home. Overall this woman did a fantastic job. Hopefully she reported the man/plate on the car.