A viral TikTok shows a so-called “Karen” who allegedly egged a car because she was upset about where it was parked.
The TikTok was posted on Sunday by Katelyn (@xoxo__kata) and shows a police car with flashing lights pulling away before the person filming has a conversation with the woman dubbed a Karen and shows images of the vandalized car. By Tuesday, the TikTok had over 624,000 views.
The text overlay reads: “THIS KAREN WAS MAD MY FRIEND PARKED IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE ON A PUBLIC STREET SO SHE EGGED IT!!!”
Katelyn also included an audio snippet of the conversation between herself, her friend, and the alleged vandal, who is seen standing at the front door of a house.
“So you admit you did something to the car,” Katelyn says.
“Yes I did because you need to move it, you guys don’t get to treat me however you want,” the other woman says.
“But this is a public—” a man says before the video ends.
In the video’s comments, Katelyn explained more about the situation. “She refused to reason with us or the [cops],” the TikToker wrote. “We were at a family party and her DRIVEWAY & parking spots around her house were taken.
“She thought it would be okay to park across the street … but this was their first encounter,” Katelyn continued. “My friends daughter noticed it as they were getting in the car so then she got scared and called the cops and then called us.”
Katelyn said that as her group inspected the car covered in egg, the woman “started yelling for us to get off her property and we said we were on the public Sidewalk.”
The TikToker also said that police advice her friend to make a “citizen’s arrest report” and “press charges to give her [the woman] a fine.” Police said they were unable to take other action “because there was no ‘actual damage’ to the car.”
For the most part, there are no ownership rights for public streets and parking unless the neighborhood specifies or a homeowners’ association states such.
In the comments, people blasted the so-called Karen. “Love how she says ‘you can’t treat me however you want’ after she treated them how she wanted. Not your space to control,” one TikToker wrote.
“When will people learn you don’t own the street,” another user commented.
The Daily Dot has reached out to Katelyn via TikTok comment and Instagram direct message.
Update 4:14pm CT, March 9: In a message to the Daily Dot, the TikToker shared more details about the “Karen” who allegedly vandalized her friend’s car. The TikToker, Katelyn, is located in California and said her friend parked across the street for a family friend’s gathering.
“My friend thought it wouldn’t be a big issue if she parked across the street at the neighbors house,” she said. “That was her intention until she left and came out to her car being vandalized.” She said after her friend left the gathering, it appeared the woman threw eggs and chocolate syrup at the car. She explained that police said they could only fine and cite the “Karen” because there was no damage to the car.
Katelyn also said she learned later that the “Karen” had also allegedly vandalized a car belonging to another neighbor’s daughter who also parked in front of her house.
“I decided to post the clip online because I knew there would be a lot of people who could have related to our situation,” Katelyn said. “I didn’t think it was a huge issue enough to get that reaction out of her.”
This story has been updated to accurately reflect the TikToker’s first name.
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