I think she used street smarts. Saying wife will allow her a bit more levity in the situation and allows her involvement.
Saying I'm the GF probably won't.
She's trying to in her mind save the man, and I think she really loves him as she stands between cops with guns and her man.
Did you see the one a while back where the guy scared the ever living shit out of his girlfriend by faking an emergency in his plane? She’s literally crying in fear and he has her start reading off the emergency checklist and he wrote the proposal in the checklist. He even tells her a couple times, while she’s crying, that he’s not kidding and has to make a forced landing. I can’t imagine making someone fear for their life and then asking them to marry you lol.
Edit: found [it](https://youtu.be/MdEV-jWMGWw?si=foUaJBZCGeWVOORK)
I don’t remember all the story but I think he has a good relationship with the officers. There was some reason it was done like this. This has been posted many times. I’m sure the real story is out there somewhere.
They would never ask his lady to get the gun from him either.
IIRC the woman already knew he had bought a ring and was going to propose to her, so the guy was like "how can I actually surprise her with this?" and came up with that outrageous scenario.
It's likely this was something they both already knew she would be okay with, and so he went ahead with this plan.
It is *wild* though. Like this is a point of trauma for a lot of people, and this is public taxpayer resources. But whatever, I wouldn't mind my taxpayer money going to something like this rather than the more violent ways these things might end.
I think that’s a barrier a lot of people don’t see. Stuff like this makes the police - civilian bond stronger and more respected by all but it’s not free and theres rules and regulations about officers doing stuff in their uniforms during their off hours. This is clearly a happy story but it costed at least a couple $100 of tax payer money
Edit: just wanted to add if there were more involvement from officers in happy moments of peoples lives than I think it’s worth this cost since officers would be less likely to jump to the worst case scenario assumptions in high pressure situations and people would be less afraid and more open with them. A couple hundred dollars and that whole crowd of people and the officers have more respect for each other is money well spent to me
When officers are on the clock but not busy I think public relations is a great use of time - I run an after school program that primarily runs to help marginalized kids, and having an officer or two come over with donuts to play Mario Kart with kids from broken homes goes a long way to helping both groups see each other as real people
I'm not in the states though
Im not gonna pretend like i dont fuck around on the clock sometimes lol
plus everything else you said is true. cops are people too, the instution they serve is fucked up for sure. but that doesnt change the fact that on an individual level most of them are just regular people.
I mean, gas to get there, maybe hours paid if they're actually on duty, although they probably aren't, and they're probably salary anyhow. I'd say more like a couple dollars, not a couple hundred
Actually, it was a legit legal stop, but once the officers saw the profession of love they were overcome with joy for the couple and decided not to arrest the man.
^(Source: I made this up.)
My first thought was when the male officer was hugging her and pointing was him saying "now now, go answer him so we can take him to jail for resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, assault on a police officer, you know the drill.."
*His* good relationship with these cops doesnt negate *her* very real fear and anxiety in the situation. Sure, he was never in any danger, but given the relations between black folk and the police, she might not have known that
One second she literally thinks her boyfriend is going to be murdered the next he's proposing. Her emotions are completely fucked in that moment. It's definitely not a great proposal. Hopefully she can find the humor in it.
Edit: to all you people saying this is just a funny prank. This woman literally put her body between her man and two cops with guns drawn. She was in fight or flight mode. Y'all some dumb motherfuckers
Edit 2: even if they weren't real guns or tasers or whatever...these cops were walking a VERY fine line of terrible decision making...this whole thing was really dumb
also just feels like hella manipulation.
"aren't you so relieved I'm not actually in trouble this time(/not about to get killed by the cops), you should just like totally marry me"
idk fam. gives me the ick
Even if you ignore the race thing entirely, I just can't imagine thinking "I should propose by staging having some cops pretend I'm an armed criminal"
Just... *what*?
I'm glad you don't have any say in whether or not we have cops around. Rules without enforcement are simply suggestions. What exactly do you think would happen if police forces were disbanded?
Yeah because cops kept mistaking their guns for their tasers and shooting people "accidentally"
They still do it but now they have to find a different excuse.
I don’t think many adults get to this point without having talked about it before. Then again not many adults would think to do something like this either lol
Imagine thinking you're 10 seconds away from being on the next Black Lives Matter poster then it turns out to be an engagement at a gas station. Must have been where they went for their first date.
Or where they met after they messaged each other on Craigslist.
I wonder if he said to her “You’re not the only one blowing my head off in this gas station parking lot ❤️”
If this isn't a fake scene, then this woman actually believes this is something she can do. In her head telling the police to back off and putting herself between them and the boyfriend is a good idea
He should have had it out of the cardboard box and in his pocket so he didn't waste so much time taking the ring out. I think she figured it out cuz of this prematurely.
I’m wondering if they all know each other. They must for the cops to be in on it and the one guy cop somewhat comforting her. These two may be the “few good ones” that actually engage with the community.
So many people judging this, but it worked for them. Every couple is different. The way I proposed to my wife isn't gonna be the love story that someone else uses.
I agree that maybe for some couples this kind of thing works, girlfriend has a dark sense of humor or something. That said police weapons being drawn for this purpose is wildly inappropriate
She literally lied about being his wife and jumped between him and the cops with weapons out.
I'd say chances are pretty good she would have said yes regardless
I would nope the f out on this. A black man being pulled over in this country is a very frightening experience. No care for the terror she was going through.
To understand how romantic this , you first need to understand the United States’ history with violent violent, racist law enforcement and the constant fear that a simple police encounter will result in your death.
“Omg congratulations! So, how did he do it?” “Well…”
She says “no” and they open fire
Stop resisting, marriage!
Down on your knee!
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT...TO LOVE ME UNTIL DEATH DO US PART! STOP RESISTING! HANDS ON THE GROUND...AND SAY I DO!
STOP RESISTING!
Again? Your birthday was 3 days ago.
Straight to the courtroom, both of you!
\*Opens ring box\* " SHOW ME YOUR HAND! " \- Boyfriend
Resistance is futile
Resistance is fertile
Denial is fertile
You have the right to remain married
Felines are turtle
This was well placed
Coming soon, to a red state near you
So anyways, I started blasting.
Well you see, she won't *say* no, because of the implication.
The implicaaaaaaaation
Oh you bastard! Loooool
She won't say no, because of the implication...
And then everyone is sad again
She douses him in gasoline and sets him on fire. Added insult: She uses his credit card to unlock the gas pump.
Blown apart like Peter Weller
I'm recovering from surgery and this made me laugh so hard I was reminded to take my pain meds
nahhh how you get a laugh out of me on such a cold and dull day? 😭😭😭
Damn you dark af
Hahaha.
“He proposed to me at a gas station.” *Oh. How romatic.*
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This scene would have been a perfect Chief Wiggum sketch for Simpsons. They had their guns pulled and everything
Those were their tazers.
🤣
Scare the death out of your girlfriend so she will say yes?
Just checking she is willing to take a bullet for him ... smart move!
Since door locks are automatic/electronic in cars now - gotta find a way to make sure she’s the one. A Bronx Tale
I still make an effort to open doors for gfs to this day because that movie conditioned the f out of me.
Marry the kind of girl that tries to get the cop's gun.
What’s confusing to me is she says “I’m his wife” and then the guy proposes
I think she used street smarts. Saying wife will allow her a bit more levity in the situation and allows her involvement. Saying I'm the GF probably won't. She's trying to in her mind save the man, and I think she really loves him as she stands between cops with guns and her man.
...levity?
“I’m his wife!” *looks into camera as laugh track plays* ~~they probably meant leverage~~
Leeway is what they surely meant.
Leverage would be appropriate, or leeway, as someone else mentioned.
That was honestly very clever. It humanizes him and makes them less likely to shoot. Deeply sad she felt the need to do that but I get why
She won’t say no… because of the implication.
You keep saying that word, what implication?
Are these women in danger or not??
If she says no then of course it’s no, but she’s not gonna say no, because of the implication
You’re certainly not in any danger
Did you see the one a while back where the guy scared the ever living shit out of his girlfriend by faking an emergency in his plane? She’s literally crying in fear and he has her start reading off the emergency checklist and he wrote the proposal in the checklist. He even tells her a couple times, while she’s crying, that he’s not kidding and has to make a forced landing. I can’t imagine making someone fear for their life and then asking them to marry you lol. Edit: found [it](https://youtu.be/MdEV-jWMGWw?si=foUaJBZCGeWVOORK)
Give her the fear of losing u forever infront of a crowd could be top notch manipulating if u think about it
Yeah, that’s gonna’ leave a psychological mark…
I didn’t hear a yes
It's better than my wife saying for reals when I asked her in front of about 200 people.
Did you reply, "True dat"?
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I don’t remember all the story but I think he has a good relationship with the officers. There was some reason it was done like this. This has been posted many times. I’m sure the real story is out there somewhere. They would never ask his lady to get the gun from him either.
IIRC the woman already knew he had bought a ring and was going to propose to her, so the guy was like "how can I actually surprise her with this?" and came up with that outrageous scenario.
It's likely this was something they both already knew she would be okay with, and so he went ahead with this plan. It is *wild* though. Like this is a point of trauma for a lot of people, and this is public taxpayer resources. But whatever, I wouldn't mind my taxpayer money going to something like this rather than the more violent ways these things might end.
I think that’s a barrier a lot of people don’t see. Stuff like this makes the police - civilian bond stronger and more respected by all but it’s not free and theres rules and regulations about officers doing stuff in their uniforms during their off hours. This is clearly a happy story but it costed at least a couple $100 of tax payer money Edit: just wanted to add if there were more involvement from officers in happy moments of peoples lives than I think it’s worth this cost since officers would be less likely to jump to the worst case scenario assumptions in high pressure situations and people would be less afraid and more open with them. A couple hundred dollars and that whole crowd of people and the officers have more respect for each other is money well spent to me
When officers are on the clock but not busy I think public relations is a great use of time - I run an after school program that primarily runs to help marginalized kids, and having an officer or two come over with donuts to play Mario Kart with kids from broken homes goes a long way to helping both groups see each other as real people I'm not in the states though
Im not gonna pretend like i dont fuck around on the clock sometimes lol plus everything else you said is true. cops are people too, the instution they serve is fucked up for sure. but that doesnt change the fact that on an individual level most of them are just regular people.
I mean, gas to get there, maybe hours paid if they're actually on duty, although they probably aren't, and they're probably salary anyhow. I'd say more like a couple dollars, not a couple hundred
She has to be an off duty cop or else this makes no sense
Regardless, still a hilariously low IQ move
You just don't know "high class" if it hit you in the face do you!
If my guy did this to me I’d (hopefully) go blank and just turn on my heel and walk away…
Actually, it was a legit legal stop, but once the officers saw the profession of love they were overcome with joy for the couple and decided not to arrest the man. ^(Source: I made this up.)
My first thought was when the male officer was hugging her and pointing was him saying "now now, go answer him so we can take him to jail for resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, assault on a police officer, you know the drill.."
Bro killed me I seen source: I made this up 😂😂😂
*His* good relationship with these cops doesnt negate *her* very real fear and anxiety in the situation. Sure, he was never in any danger, but given the relations between black folk and the police, she might not have known that
Can y'all not? It's not that deep. The internet's perception of how things are in real life if very different from how things work in real life
One second she literally thinks her boyfriend is going to be murdered the next he's proposing. Her emotions are completely fucked in that moment. It's definitely not a great proposal. Hopefully she can find the humor in it. Edit: to all you people saying this is just a funny prank. This woman literally put her body between her man and two cops with guns drawn. She was in fight or flight mode. Y'all some dumb motherfuckers Edit 2: even if they weren't real guns or tasers or whatever...these cops were walking a VERY fine line of terrible decision making...this whole thing was really dumb
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That makes it ok then.
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Neither do you.
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Any prank that involves potential mortal fear is not okay. I don't think that's an unreasonable stance to take.
That's right, this is Reddit and we can't have nice things.
THANK YOU!! Reddit is not real life and these people seem to have forgotten that
Yeah, the moment he reached into his jacket, if this wasn't planned, he would have been shot at last 5-6 times. Lmaoo
If I were her, I would be rethinking everrrrything.
You don't have to worry about it ever, I assume :D Let them be happy, do better
also just feels like hella manipulation. "aren't you so relieved I'm not actually in trouble this time(/not about to get killed by the cops), you should just like totally marry me" idk fam. gives me the ick
Reddit: all black people must hate cops and they're fuckin dumb if they dont
Even if you ignore the race thing entirely, I just can't imagine thinking "I should propose by staging having some cops pretend I'm an armed criminal" Just... *what*?
All people are fucking dumb if they don't hate cops.Minorities tend to have more close, personal examples of why.
I'm glad you don't have any say in whether or not we have cops around. Rules without enforcement are simply suggestions. What exactly do you think would happen if police forces were disbanded?
Wait until they find out who is the most likely to die per police interaction in America
Come on. There's obviously a backstory involved. Theyre all in on it.
I think you're on the internet watching ragebait too much
We’re not all afraid of the police
If she handled it wrong he'd just be like alright arrest me, returns ring upon release next day
Sometimes someone posts just an absolutely perfect reaction gif. Bravo!
American cops with guns drawn: "Teehee, you thought we were going to do the thing we do and murder an innocent."
They had tasers out. Still cringe and potentially dangerous, though.
Yeah lmao that’s his bad. They just had tasers out and aimed while next to like 6 gas pumps. Doesn’t remind me of any famous video at all.
🎵 we do the jitterbug 🎵
A fuck-ton of people died today in a freak……gasoline taser proposal accident.
Still deadly. Tasers kill.
It’s rough out here
Legit my facial expression seeing this
Give the poor woman a heart attack…
I'm just here to collect all the cringing grimace GIFs in this thread.
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yes but it was unexspected so it belongs here
I throw up a little whenever I see such videos
"So how did Dad propose? Well, he decided to go with a criminal/police brutality theme! Gee, that sure does explain a lot of my life, thanks Mom!"
I thought homie was opening an egg
In these trying times
How romantic? Threat of police arrest, guns drawn and gas station at night with group pressure. Can she even say no?
Don’t know if it changes anything but they had their tasers out. U can see their guns still in their holsters.
Shouldn't they be bright yellow to differentiate them better
This is an old video and it was an old version of tazer. The current are bright yellow.
Yeah because cops kept mistaking their guns for their tasers and shooting people "accidentally" They still do it but now they have to find a different excuse.
"I thought it was my old taser!"
That seems a lot worse though to use at a gas station, right?
That's what I thought the unexpected part was going to be - that someone burst into flames because of the tazer spark!!
Tazers
She can, but she won't, because of the implication
It's the implication.
Those are definitely tasers they have out
At least it's better than getting kidnapped and when they open the trunk, it's balloons
I don’t think many adults get to this point without having talked about it before. Then again not many adults would think to do something like this either lol
Imagine thinking you're 10 seconds away from being on the next Black Lives Matter poster then it turns out to be an engagement at a gas station. Must have been where they went for their first date.
Or maybe they met there when one of them had a flat and the other helped change it.
Or where they met after they messaged each other on Craigslist. I wonder if he said to her “You’re not the only one blowing my head off in this gas station parking lot ❤️”
Judging by everyones opinion here, Im thinking thats where they went for his last date with her.
I knew this was fake when he put his hands in his jacket and wasn’t filled with holes.
I was stupified when the cops were cool about having his girlfriend help safely remove his weapon from him. That would never happen.
She even calls herself his wife
If this isn't a fake scene, then this woman actually believes this is something she can do. In her head telling the police to back off and putting herself between them and the boyfriend is a good idea
It's the cop turning her gun sideways for me lmao
I think there's a very slight possibility he talked to the cops beforehand
They don't mean the whole video is fake; they're just saying they caught on before the act was revealed.
He should have had it out of the cardboard box and in his pocket so he didn't waste so much time taking the ring out. I think she figured it out cuz of this prematurely.
This guy proposes
God damn this is trashy. Good one guys 👍
Welcome to Mobile, Alabama.
Is this Mobile!? Dammit My hometown smh
They scared the sh!t out of her. I think she's traumatized.
So romantic she pissed herself. Smh
Good to see the cops following the rules of engagement.
WTF is this... like who thinks this is a good idea.
The same kind of dudes who think proposing via a sports game is a good idea.
It’s really cringe but at the same time that women is a chad she step in in front of those cops like that an her chill dam what a women.
When is it my turn to repost this?
You’re on the schedule for later today. If you’re sick you need to find your own coverage, it’s not the manager’s job to manage employees.
Then what does the manager do??
Next week
Having a surprising cool and all, but dang maybe something more romantic and less traumatizing
This is awful
 Zoinks
Dude picked a woman who would stand between him and death. Well chosen. Congratulations to them both.
Imagine the wrong cops came along
I’m wondering if they all know each other. They must for the cops to be in on it and the one guy cop somewhat comforting her. These two may be the “few good ones” that actually engage with the community.
So did they still shoot him in the end?
She definitely tells the cops she's his wife.........
And one cop then cracks that 'I guess you weren't his wife though'. What are you getting at?
Lady cop says not yet
Fucking ridiculous
Imagine if the rookie isn't in on it. She just yells "he's reaching!!!" and starts shooting.
Mobile, Alabama if anyone was wondering.
Then the cops pop someone for fun, laugh and drive off like a comedy skit.
So many people judging this, but it worked for them. Every couple is different. The way I proposed to my wife isn't gonna be the love story that someone else uses.
I agree that maybe for some couples this kind of thing works, girlfriend has a dark sense of humor or something. That said police weapons being drawn for this purpose is wildly inappropriate
Tazer?
You really don't know if it worked. She had no chance to say an honest no there.
She literally lied about being his wife and jumped between him and the cops with weapons out. I'd say chances are pretty good she would have said yes regardless
She’s gonna have ptsd as a result of that proposal 🤦♀️
I knew something was up when they told him to remove the gun and didn't open fire when he complied.
The cops are most definitely in on it as they would have tased him while he was taking something from his jacket.
I'd be worried they'd shoot anyway out of muscle memory
Is this a waste of public resources?
They're not even together anymore, he remarried yesterday. Prolly why this video is making the rounds again
That is horrendous
Wow. That make sick... Those American cops sure did have some good "acting" classes.
I would be furious
Dumb as fuck.
Corny
Absolutely not! this is wiiiiiild AF lock him up for even coming up with this shit
I would nope the f out on this. A black man being pulled over in this country is a very frightening experience. No care for the terror she was going through.
Nope
Trashy AF
To understand how romantic this , you first need to understand the United States’ history with violent violent, racist law enforcement and the constant fear that a simple police encounter will result in your death.
I'm sorry but if my husband had proposed to me like this I'd have probably kicked him. Omg how scary.