Be honest: You’ve made a Harlem Shake video by now and you watch it ALL THE TIME.

Well the men and women who patrol our streets haven’t had the time, people. They are busy — depending on your outlook — protecting you while you sleep or stripping you of sundry inalienable rights.

But it’s not a party if the cops don’t show up to wreck it, right? They’re late, sure. Everyone’s passed out or gone home and the Gin Blossoms are playing from a lonely computer speaker. But they made it.

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7 replies on “So Some Cops Took Time From Their Days for This”

  1. I ALSO FIND IT FUNNY THAT THIS DURKEY DURKEY DIRK FAILED TO EVEN GET THE JOKE IN THIS VIDEO. THE PPB IS FULLY AWARE THAT HARLEM SHAKE VIDEOS ARE AWFUL. THAT IS WHY THEY ARRESTED SOMEONE FOR MAKING ONE. THE PPB IS ACTUALLY ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS (BUT NOT AS FUNNY AS THE SEATTLE POLICE’S PRO-POT PRESS RELEASES).

  2. @DIRKAH BURKAH DURKAH: IT’S REALLY EASY TO CLAIM THAT YOU GOT THE JOKE AFTER I EXPLAINED IT TO YOU. NOW IT’S TIME TO GO WRITE A BLOGPOST ABOUT BICYCLES, YOU’VE GOT BIG BIKE-SHAPED SHOES TO FILL.

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