Footage of a mother being arrested at Disneyland as her kids scream and cry for help has gone viral on TikTok.
The video taken by user @diz.tok shows a woman wearing a Disney mouse ears headband as she is walked away in handcuffs by police. The mother's two children each hold one of the woman's arms, crying "Ayúdame!" meaning "Help me!" in Spanish.
The video, which has since amassed more than 400,000 views on TikTok, is captioned, "Getting arrested at the happiest place on earth."
In another video of the incident posted by @xavier_hart, the woman can be heard yelling, "You're f***ing hurting me!" as she is walked away by police. That video has amassed more than 10 million views.
Several users commented under the video that hearing the daughters cry "broke their heart" and questioned if the her arrested was "warranted." However, others said that the woman was being rude by "yelling and getting in the face of Disney" staff.
The Anaheim Police Department said that the woman, identified as 26-year-old Jessenia Diaz, was accused of trying to sneak her children into the park without paying for tickets, as reported by FOX 11. Diaz reportedly had a ticket for herself, but when asked about the ages of the two children, she refused to talk to staff and tried to walk away.
Police were called in after Diaz was uncooperative with Disney security officials. Diaz was reportedly offered options so that they could stay in the park, but authorities said she refused.
Diaz also allegedly refused to show officers her ID, which eventually led to her arrest, as reported by KTLA. She was arrested for trespassing and charged with obstructing a peace officer's investigation, and has since been released.
Diaz is accused of trying to pull the same stunt four other times in the past few months, police said. Disneyland's official policy is that children under 3 are free so long as their parent or supervisor has a ticket.
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