@vinylboobs Jacqueline Guzman Rants against funeral for NYPD Detective Jason Rivera
"This is fucking ridiculous. This is fucking ridiculous. What if somebody has a heart attack in that area? Nobody can get to him because everything is blocked off for a fucking cop," she grumbled.
A New York City actress was fired from her theater company for complaining about the inconvenience of street closures for the funeral of slain police detective Jason Rivera - a vile online rant she quickly deleted after it went viral.
- Jacqueline Guzman, who is not related to the reporter, received swift backlash for posting a now-deleted TikTok post complaining about street closures
- Some streets in Lower Manhattan were closed Friday for the funeral of fallen NYPD officer Jason Rivera
- Thousands of police officers flooded the streets of New York to honor the officer
- Guzman said it was "fucking ridiculous" to "shut down much of Lower Manhattan because of the death of a police officer who probably did his job wrong."
- The Cuban-American actress was fired from her New York theater company Face to Face Films after her "insensitive" comments
- She also received backlash from police officers who called her comments "disrespectful."
- Guzman has since deleted all of her social media accounts
"We don't have to shut down most of Lower Manhattan because a police officer died because he probably didn't do his job right. They kill people younger than 22 every day for no good reason, and we don't shut the city down for them," Jacqueline Guzman said in the clip, which appeared on TikTok under the name @vinylboobs.
Guzman spoke as she filmed herself walking down an empty street that was blocked off on Friday.
She then panned the camera to the blocked-off street.
"This is fucking ridiculous. This is fucking ridiculous. What if somebody has a heart attack in that area? Nobody can get to him because everything is blocked off for a fucking cop," she grumbled.
Guzman spoke as she filmed herself Friday walking down an empty street that was blocked off.
She then panned the camera to the blocked-off street.
"This is fucking ridiculous. This is fucking ridiculous. What if somebody has a heart attack in that area? Nobody can get to him because everything is blocked off for a fucking cop," she grumbled.
A Brooklyn police officer said the video was "totally disrespectful, not just to the NYPD, but to all New Yorkers and all people. If this is the only way she can get out to the public, I feel very sorry for her."
The name of Guzman's acting company, Face to Face Films, and other personal details about her were released on social media.
"Face to Face Films has just been made aware of an insensitive video involving one of our members, Jacqueline Guzman. Face to Face Films cannot support or condone these comments about fallen Officer Rivera. For this reason, she is no longer a member of our company," the company wrote on its Facebook page.
Anthony Laura, founder of Face to Face, said Guzman was an actress with the film and theater company, but declined to say more.
"Everything is in the statement," he said.
Guzman's bio on the Face to Face website, which was later removed, said she was "a Cuban-American actress based in New York City, originally from Hialeah, Florida."
Guzman had deleted her social media accounts Saturday night. She did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment.
Although she had deleted the video, it continued to circulate on social media as it had been copied and re-posted by other users.