Three young boys from Dallas went viral in early August for all the wrong reasons. It wasn’t a funny video, a great theatrical performance, or a good deed. Instead, employees at a Walgreens store locked in the kids for allegedly stealing. Shockingly, when the video began to gain traction, the unidentified juveniles’ sister went online to defend them. The videos have caused an uproar online, with many people asking where the parents are and how this happened.
It’s unclear who posted the original video, but thousands of stitches, duets, and reposts are on TikTok. The boys in the video — who look very young — are standing at the doors of a Walgreens store with bags, trying to get out. Staff apparently refused to open the door, and in the video, the boys say they will break it down.
Wearing a green bathrobe, one child starts to count down from 10. “Open this f—-n’ door,” one says. “I’ll call my mama.” The boy in the green bathrobe then begins to drop insults, calling someone off camera a b—- and a h–.
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“Open up this door before we break this b—-,” one of them yells as a boy in a red bathrobe attempts to pull the door open.
“Do not play with me,” the boy in the green warns. “I will trash this h–.”
The video cuts out, but according to KNUE, the boys eventually got out and into a getaway car driven by their older sister.
As the backlash began, the sister, who posts on TikTok as @cekaasshh._, posted a response video with the alleged thieves. In the video, the boy in the green robe asks people to stop talking badly about their mother and asserts that she’s not poor and can afford food. He also wants people to know that the boys have plenty of clothing and simply chose to wear pajamas and bathrobes to Walgreens.
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“We got more money than you, b—-,” the boy in the red bathrobe assures. The boy in green says there wasn’t food in the bags, “it was snacks and toys.” His brother chimes in and says, “Matter of fact, everybody steals.”
The videos sparked an uproar on TikTok, with many users frustrated by the family’s behavior. Kela Phillips shared a stitch telling the sister to address the “three stooges” and not the public. Phillips said the sister was “puffing her chest up” at the wrong people and needed to take some responsibility.
“The whole video should be turned into to the police. They was talking like they were in the right. One said, my sister make more money then any,” someone commented. “CPS where are you?”
Plenty of people pointed out that stealing isn’t a game.
“This is the reason why stores close down and leave areas bc no one is held accountable. then the community acts surprised,” one TikToker pointed out.
“And for the kids to say everybody steals. NOT I!!! But they do down at the juvie and prisons,” someone wrote. “This is where they will end up if they don’t change.”
Even with the backlash, the family seems unfazed; @cekaasshh._ has posted multiple videos of the boys acting out, showing no remorse but plenty of cursing.
It’s unclear if the police are involved and whether the boys could face charges.
