An Atlanta, Georgia, man filmed as he followed behind a Budget rental truck after noticing an arm sticking out of the back of the vehicle.
The man behind the camera, Langston Proper, suspected people were being trafficked and called the police while he tailed the rental truck.
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Proper says he noticed the truck and decided to follow it all throughout the Atlanta area until help arrived.
“I followed them… pic.twitter.com/f3EPfvq61e
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 27, 2024
Very good human in Atlanta follows truck and calls police. These were kids being trafficked in Georgia.pic.twitter.com/JXWFYmfEu6
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 27, 2024
Proper said it looked like a person in the back of the truck had their hands tied, adding, “I’m just gonna keep following them.”
The heroic citizen followed the truck for quite some time as footage shows him tailing it in daylight with law enforcement finally coming to help at night.
As officers swarmed around the rental truck, Proper said, “I was not stopping until I knew that these people was going to get these people out of the back of the motherfucking truck. This is a real-life trafficking situation. These are somebody’s kids. I’m proud of myself, I did a good deed for the day. I kept driving and I kept driving and I kept driving. I was not gonna stop man, I could not stop.”
Following the incident, Proper posted a message on Facebook to bring awareness to “human trafficking,” saying it’s “a major thing here in the city of Atlanta.”
“We must bring awareness to this matter, we all are someone love one and we all deserve freedom at any cost!” Proper wrote.
Another Facebook user who claims to be Proper’s boyfriend alleged the pair are now being threatened due to the video.
“Me and my boyfriend is the ones in the viral video of the people in the budge truck!” wrote Ta’Coy Jarmaine. “The video keeps being deleted and death threats!”
Next, Jarmaine suggested the individuals in the back of the vehicle may have been illegal immigrants being trafficked, noting, “Either way shouldn’t no kid be in the back of a truck in 100+ weather…”
There is little information available about the situation as the Atlanta Police Department has yet to release any information. This article will be updated when more details are available.