Police Calm Anti-Trumper Protesters By Handing Out Participation Trophies
by prntly.com
As anti-Trump rallies nationwide turn hateful with many reports of disorder, looting, vandalism, and death threats against the president-elect and his supporters, police in numerous major cities are able to calm and regain control by handing out ‘participation trophies’ to anti-Trumper protesters who are angry about losing the election, sources confirmed.
The savvy tactic came from New York Police Officer David Callot, who has three children himself. He told reporters that he remembers when his children never had to deal with losing when they were growing up.
“It’s a foreign notion to them. Even in sports—win or lose, everyone won, and everyone got a trophy no matter what. This is the millennial way,” he said. “So I had the idea—hey, why not start handing out participation trophies to the protesters, and telling them ‘Hey, you know what? You may have lost the election, but look—everyone gets a trophy. Everyone’s a winner.’”
Seeing how the trophies had an instant calming effect on the young protesters and filled them with a sense of achievement, word spread quickly among police departments nationwide, and emergency trophies are being used effectively at the protests.