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British Cop Screaming at the Sky, also known as British Guy Screaming, is an exploitable viral video clip of TikToker Lewis Saunderson (@Lewissaunderson38) dressed as a police officer, screaming and crying towards the sky while on his knees. The video was uploaded to TikTok in December 2023 and went viral on the app as a green screen and image macro format as an exaggerated reaction to something undesirable happening.

Origin

On December 17th, 2023, TikToker^[1] @lewissaunderson38, a TikToker known for his dramatic skits where he enacts hypothetical tragic scenarios such as the deaths of family members, posted a skit captioned "Police officer rushes to crime scene where his Daughter has been found." In the skit, dressed like a cop, he drops to his knees, screams at the sky and cries (shown below). The video gained over 7.8 million views in four days.

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On December 19th, 2023, TikTokers began using the video in memes. For example, on that day, TikToker^[2] @glowie1984 posted the clip with the caption, "British people when you try to season their food," garnering over 800,000 views in two days (shown below).

On the same day, TikToker^[3] @jay.too posted a version of the meme that gained over 200,000 views in the same span of time (shown below).

On December 20th, 2023, TikToker^[4] @chiefgreenscreens posted a green screen edit of the scene, garnering over 700,000 views in a day.

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