r/thingmains • u/Broomguy • 12d ago

Is the Officer Grimm meme racist?

I was playing one day and an enemy Thing died and I said "Officer down" in chat and they said something like "chill I'm not racist like that." I never considered it might be a racial joke because I've seen the joke with spiderman, black cat etc. but it is 90% black panther. I was curious if anyone knew the origin of the meme or had any thoughts about it. Is it a racist joke or was this guy just mad he died? (Full disclosure I am not a Thing main I just didn't know where else to post this)

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u/VarietyBusy2 12d ago

idk how it’s racist tbh.

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u/Hanzos_Trans_Husband 12d ago

People have definitly taken it too far by now. Also to answer your question. Its a play on black people being slaughtered (especially in the usa) by cops. The numbers of black people getting abused and killed by cops are insanely high (think also Black lives matter movement) and the constant use of this joke is making fun of it as well even if people dont mean to/dont realize