In a scathing clip, a Paralympic swimmer took to TikTok to call out a woman who had allegedly criticized her for parking in a handicapped spot.On Jan.
13, 28-year-old Jessica Long, a decorated swimmer who won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.slammed the nameless person for assuming that she had no right to the space.“So, it just happened again,” she says in the TikTok.“I was parking my car — and I hope she sees this — this woman just has the nerve to look me up and down disgusted that I parked in the handicapped spot”.Long then holds up her handicapped parking sign and tells the woman she's an amputee.The swimmer goes on to talk about how her experience isn’t an isolated one and pleads for people to be more understanding.“to all the handicap police out there, just be kind.
You don’t need to know why someone’s parked in handicapped — and yeah, just be kind”.Long’s TikTok has since received over 648,000 likes and nearly 11,000 comments