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Pasadena Police Coworker Gun Greeting Meme

This is a two-panel dark humor meme using real footage of Pasadena Police officers. The first panel shows one officer pointing a gun at a coworker, overlaid with the text "Greeting COWORKER WITH MY GUN". The second panel shows the officer who initially held the gun flinching and bending over in panic, with text that reads "GETTING GREETED BACK, BUT COWORKER'S SAFETY IS OFF.". The meme mocks the reckless, unprofessional behavior of the officers involved in a documented incident of playing with loaded firearms while on duty.
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Greeting COWORKER WITH MY GUN
GETTING GREETED BACK, BUT COWORKER'S SAFETY IS OFF.

Overview

This is a two-panel dark humor meme using real footage of Pasadena Police officers. The first panel shows one officer pointing a gun at a coworker, overlaid with the text "Greeting COWORKER WITH MY GUN". The second panel shows the officer who initially held the gun flinching and bending over in panic, with text that reads "GETTING GREETED BACK, BUT COWORKER'S SAFETY IS OFF.". The meme mocks the reckless, unprofessional behavior of the officers involved in a documented incident of playing with loaded firearms while on duty.

Origin notes

This meme is based on a real 2024 incident involving Pasadena Police officers that was officially described as "horse play with a loaded firearm". It was created and shared as user-generated content on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, distributed via the platform's RSS feed for meme content.

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