Self-proclaimed Chicago gang member, 24, taunts and laughs at NYPD officers in TikToks
The 24-year-old self-proclaimed Chicago gang member with 12 prior arrests tries to grab the guns of NYPD cops, then taunts and laughs at the officers on TikTok.
A self-described gang member with multiple arrests for gun-related offenses who taunts police for his TikToks has mocked the New York Police Department after they issued a warning alert about his behavior.
Richard Sharp, 24, goes by the name ‘Famous Richard’ on his TikTok page and has 8,700 followers.
His page includes clips of him wagging his finger and mocking Times Square performers, ridiculing a crying man and interacting with gangs of youth.
It also includes at least eight clips subtitled: ‘NYPD’, showing him proposing to provoke members of the NYPD.
Richard Sharp, 24, created a TikTok page to provoke and mock people, particularly the police.
Chicago-born self-proclaimed gangster filmed himself taunting members of the NYPD
In a TikTok clip, he grabbed an officer’s holstered gun.
In one clip, he even tries to grab an officer’s holstered gun.
“Is that a real Glock on your hip?” he asks an officer. ‘Let me hold that son of a bitch.’
The officer warns him: ‘Stop!’
In another clip, he tries to grab an officer’s gun and his partner asks, ‘Do you need help?’
Sharp replies, “I see that pipe on his hip and it excites me, that’s all.”
He is also seen opening the door of a parked police van and confronting the officer sitting inside in the passenger seat.
The Chicago-born aspiring rapper repeatedly references ‘King David,’ who the new york post office he said it was a reference to David Barksdale, the founder of the Black Disciples, a Chicago street gang.
In another clip, he racially abuses an Asian officer.
When the irritated-looking officer tells Sharp to stop pointing fingers in his face, Sharp replies, “Back off, you Bruce Lee-looking man.” Stop playing with me, Shorty, before I do that to your ass.
Sharp mocks an Asian officer, calling him ‘Bruce Lee’
The troublemaker yanks open the door of an NYPD van to confront the officer sitting inside.
The Chicago-born self-proclaimed gang member presents himself as a comedian and provocateur.
Sharp is seen with a gun in a photo he shared on Facebook
Sharp promoted the NYPD alert on her TikTok. The department warned against taunting him and warned officers to “use proper tactics and caution” when encountering Sharp.
NYPD has issued an ‘Intelligence Alert’, warning officers of their behavior.
Sharp, however, has used the sign on his TikToks, further taunting the officers and saying that he will be armed if they try to arrest him.
“The individual depicted above is an aspiring comedian/rapper who is antagonizing UMOS (Uniformed Service Members) by attempting to touch their firearms, threatening UMOS, and engaging in physical altercations with UMOS,” the banner reads. .
‘Subject has 12 prior arrests (CPW firearm x3) and has a history of assaulting law enforcement.
‘Sharp is a self-proclaimed member of the Black Disciple gang.’
The sign warns officers to “use proper tactics and caution” when encountering Sharp.
On Friday, Sharp bragged about the poster.
“I’m not dodging smoke, Shorty,” he said on his TikTok.
Sharp pats him on the side, to suggest he’s also carrying a holstered gun, and says, ‘You’re talking about the NYPD looking for me, okay?
‘I’m going to keep that thing with me too, Shorty.’