LEMON DROP | Texas State Trooper's Aggressive Altercation With Football Player
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What happened in the viral Texas A&M vs South Carolina touchdown tunnel altercation?
going to show you something that'll probably piss you off because it did to me when i saw it take a look at this video see if the gamecocks play it conservatively here sellers flipping it across the middle for a first down harvard's got great speed the track star is free inside the 30 inside the 10 into the end zone touchdown south carolina nick harver holding his leg and he continues into the tunnel after he outruns defenders for an 80-yard touchdown to make it 26-3 oh oh that is true did you see that
Now, that last part, if you could just rewind it a little bit, Andy, go to that last part. That last part is I'm not talking about the touchdown. That didn't piss me off. But we'll get back to that video in a moment. But it was the video of that trooper in case you did not see it. Let's show it right here. Look at this. Look at this. Department of Public Safety in Texas. Now, let me tell you, I watched that video from the Texas, that was the Texas A&M game in South Carolina. And I sat back in my chair and I said, well, are we doing this again? Like again, like this in 2025 in front of 100,000 people, that trooper did that, a national audience. Are we still doing this?
How did the hosts describe the trooper's behavior and immediate reaction to the footage?
Yes, we are. Because what happened to those South Carolina players, especially that was Nick Harbor, it wasn't just outrageous, obviously unnecessary. It was just a bad look, and I think it's a bad look for law enforcement. I have to be honest. It was a power trip. A man with a badge following these young athletes, black athletes, into a tunnel during a live game just so he could confront them. Now, he's supposed to be... The law and order person. And yes, I said follow because I want to get the facts right here, okay? Nick Harbor, I want you to remember this. He's a 19-year-old young man. He's a sophomore, incredible athlete, a star in the making. He just caught this pass, 80-yard touchdown. This wasn't some routine play.
This was a statement, the kind of play that electrifies a stadium. Everybody's screaming, right? Even if you're the visiting team. So... The momentum of that run sent him barreling into the tunnel. And then I guess his hamstring was hurt. And you could see him limping. The crowd was roaring. He's limping from the effort. And then you can see him trying to catch his breath. And then his teammates gather around him. And then what happens next? He doesn't even get a second to compose himself or to walk it off. That state trooper Not stating security, I don't know what he was. I don't know, he wasn't a trainer. He was a Department of Public Safety trooper, walks into that tunnel, follows these young men, and then cuts between Harbor and his teammates.
Now, it is unbelievable. I want to bring in now former police officer Michael Fanone. Michael, thanks for joining. Would you ever behave like that when you're an officer?
I mean, did I?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah. You did. Yeah. It's called policing with your ego. I mean, is it right? No. Do I think that that, I mean, listen, the player, this 19 year old kid that you described was where he was supposed to be doing what he was supposed to be doing.
Why do Don and others call this a 'power trip' and question law enforcement conduct?
That trooper's conduct was wrong. inappropriate, outrageous. But you know, I'm not I'm not gonna give it a but it was wrong, that he should be suspended, he certainly should be prohibited from working those games, which is a privilege. That's an overtime detail. And I think the Texas Department of Public Safety should issue a public apology and distance themselves from that trooper's conduct. Say something to the effect of it's not representative of our officers or our agents. And I think that it's fine time that law enforcement in an effort to be transparent, starts letting the public know how it is that they are disciplining their officers when they engage in such public
displays of uh inappropriate uh and aggressive conduct well okay we're gonna disagree this time for maybe one for one of the first times i don't think he should be just suspended i think he should be fucking fired because you're you're supposed to be the person there who's keeping the order in the stadium and then you have a deliberate like he he he shoulder checks that guy
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened in the viral Texas A&M vs South Carolina touchdown tunnel altercation?
0:13–1:36
2
How did the hosts describe the trooper's behavior and immediate reaction to the footage?
1:36–3:57
3
Why do Don and others call this a 'power trip' and question law enforcement conduct?
3:57–8:46
4
What was former officer Michael Fanone's assessment of the trooper's actions?
8:46–18:48