 I'm very proud that I am a woman
and that I'm a boxer and a
police officer and that I can hold my own
Boxing was a family thing
We would gather around the TV, sit
on the floor and all would watch the
VHS and I was like 'I think I want to
do that'
You have people who still 
feel that women should not
compete in boxing
or MMA or things of that nature but my
question is why? This is
2018, this is not 
1950. Most of my sparring partners
are actually guys
and I try to take it light on them
so I don't break their, you know, spirits
*sirens*
'I think he went into
the gas station'
I've always loved law enforcement
ever since I was a kid, I've always wanted 
to get the bad guy, like the worst of 
the worst guy and when
I came up here initially for boxing,
there were a lot of police officers
in the gym that I was going to
and I was like 'man, oh my gosh, these guys
are super cool' and I looked up
the Metropolitan Police Department
and I saw their code of
ethics and their morals and
I was like, ok, I think I want to be a part of
this. I take my boxing 
discipline with me at work and when
I'm at work, I take that discipline with
me to boxing because
people try to get underneath your skin
when you're in the ring and when you're at
work, people try to get underneath your skin
really, like times a
thousand
I like talking things out
thousand
I like talking things out
I just look for the alternative route
I like talking things out
I just look for the alternative route
always
I just look for the alternative route
always
I got bullied a lot
right, cause I was small
I got bullied a lot
right, cause I was small
and I didn't like-- I liked to box
right, cause I was small
and I didn't like-- I liked to box
but I didn't like to fight
and I didn't like-- I liked to box
but I didn't like to fight
boxing is a sport, it's fun
but I didn't like to fight
boxing is a sport, it's fun
it's a game. Fighting on the street
boxing is a sport, it's fun
it's a game. Fighting on the street
that's something different, that's dangerous that's
it's a game. Fighting on the street
that's something different, that's dangerous that's
two people are very upset
that's something different, that's dangerous that's
two people are very upset
I didn't like those things and
two people are very upset
I didn't like those things and
the neighborhood that I grew up in
I didn't like those things and
the neighborhood that I grew up in
That's what they were used to doing
the neighborhood that I grew up in
That's what they were used to doing
If I meet an individual
and they give me a little lip
I ask them, is it the badge or is it
and they give me a little lip
I ask them, is it the badge or is it
me that you're giving the lip to
I ask them, is it the badge or is it
me that you're giving the lip to
don't judge me because you see a badge
me that you're giving the lip to
don't judge me because you see a badge
judge me for how I treat you
don't judge me because you see a badge
judge me for how I treat you
the same way you don't want me to judge you 
judge me for how I treat you
the same way you don't want me to judge you 
because of your description. You may fit
a profile, and 
most of the days it works out, it works out
It's all about community, community is first
You can't fight violence with violence
you can't conquer 
hate with hate, only love
can do that, so I feel like 
if you speak to people the way
you want to be spoken to, or your family
if you speak to people the way
you want to be spoken to, or your family
everything will work out, regardless
you want to be spoken to, or your family
everything will work out, regardless
of how someone treats me, 
everything will work out, regardless
of how someone treats me, 
it's about how I treat them
of how someone treats me, 
it's about how I treat them
that's what defines who I am
it's about how I treat them
that's what defines who I am
It's just the feeling when
I walk into a room that's
It's just the feeling when
I walk into a room that's
full of-- any gym in the District of 
I walk into a room that's
full of-- any gym in the District of 
Columbia I can walk into and everyone's just
full of-- any gym in the District of 
Columbia I can walk into and everyone's just
'It's Tiara' and all the kids
Columbia I can walk into and everyone's just
'It's Tiara' and all the kids
want to come up and hug me
'It's Tiara' and all the kids
want to come up and hug me
It's the best feeling in the world, really
want to come up and hug me
It's the best feeling in the world, really
that I inspire those who
It's the best feeling in the world, really
that I inspire those who
may not feel that they can do
that I inspire those who
may not feel that they can do
it or may have lost hope in
may not feel that they can do
it or may have lost hope in
themselves and they see what I've been through and I
it or may have lost hope in
themselves and they see what I've been through and I
kept going and I keep going
themselves and they see what I've been through and I
kept going and I keep going
and that's something in itself. 
kept going and I keep going
and that's something in itself. 
