The performer said slain New York City officer Jason Rivera was probably doing his job “incorrectly”
New York City actress Jacqueline Guzman has been dropped from her theater company after she went viral on TikTok with a video complaining about the inconvenience of a deceased cop’s funeral.
“We do not need to shut down most of lower Manhattan because one cop died for probably doing his job incorrectly,” Jacqueline Guzman said in the clip, taken while she is walking down a street that has been barricaded off. “They kill people who are under 22 every single day for no good reason and we don’t shut down the city for them.”
The actress went on to say that blocking off streets is “f**king ridiculous.”
“What if somebody is having a heart attack in this area? Nobody can get to them because it’s all blocked off for one f**king cop,” she said.
Complaining about the Officer Rivera’s funeral on 5th Ave NYC pic.twitter.com/n08Te6OaaB
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Guzman’s comments quickly spread across social media and caused outrage. Although the video was later deleted, that did not keep it from spreading.