BREAKING NEWS: A grandmother in a 7-foot inflatable penis costume just beat the city of Alabama in court. The judge threw it out. She’s suing the city next. And the backstory is even better than the headline.

Renea Gamble, 62, was arrested at a No Kings protest in Fairhope, Alabama, in October 2025 while wearing the costume and holding a sign that read “No Dick Tator.” A 15-year police veteran grabbed her from behind, yanked her to the ground, and stuffed her into a squad car so forcefully that the handcuffs dug into her wrists.

She screamed in pain. She has rheumatoid arthritis. The city piled on additional charges, including a bogus “false name” count for identifying herself as “Aunt Tifa.”

Last week, the whole thing fell apart on live testimony.

The city argued with a straight face that a 62-year-old grandmother in a giant inflatable penis costume posed a “public safety risk.” The arresting officer, Corporal Andrew Babb, said she was “a brushfire” the police were “trying to stop from spreading.” His own body cam footage showed him scolding her for the costume and saying, “I’m trying to preserve a town that has values.”

The city attorney pulled a stunt. He called Gamble’s 63-year-old husband, Larry, as a surprise witness, trying to prove Gamble had planned to get arrested because she had bail money on her.

“I always make sure I have bail money!” Larry responded, as if this were obvious.

Did he have bail money on him right now?

“Yeah! With this many cops around? Come on.”

The courtroom erupted.

The best part: Gamble wasn’t even supposed to be in the penis costume. She had ordered a sea turtle costume to wear with a sign reading “I love the Gulf of Mexico.” The turtle didn’t arrive in time. So she grabbed what she could find.

That’s right. A sea turtle rally sign turned into “No Dick Tator” because Amazon was late. And a municipal police force decided a retiree in that costume was worth tackling to the ground.

The judge acquitted her. The room applauded. And Gamble served the city with notice of a lawsuit the next day.

Her daughter put it best: “What would have happened if she were a young Black man? What would have happened if she were a middle-aged Latina woman?”

That’s the whole point. In a country where ICE agents kill mothers and veterans get zip-tied in the Capitol, Fairhope police decided a grandmother in a costume was the enemy. And she won.

Originally posted by The Other 98%