Negros Puhlease: Parkway Edition

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The NYPD is investigating a video that surfaced of some officers doing some dirty dancing at the West Indian American Day Parade.

The parade took place over Labor Day Weekend.
The video was posted online by worldstarhiphop.com.

 http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh119k832Gb7nAfp16

NYPD brass knows who the officers are and they have seen the video.
In most cases, it appears the women approach the officers, and none appear to object to the behavior of the officers, but it's clear the officers involved are acting inappropriately for men with guns who are on the job, and in some cases beyond a suggestive manner.
Of course it raises questions about how well were some officers doing their job during a parade that, remember, three people were shot in two separate incidents.
The officers in the video were just a couple of blocks from the shootings and it's not clear yet if they responded to the shootings or stayed at their posts along the route.
Three people were wounded that day and there was a fatal shooting that night nearby.
It's all just adding to the controversy surrounding the annual parade which has a history of shootings and arrests.
There are no departmental charges yet against the officers, but, again, police are investigating.
They have not said if they know yet what disciplinary actions they are considering.

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So every year in New York City on Labor Day weekend there is a West Indian Day Parade on Eastern Parkway.   

This year the above video surfaced and I saw an explosion on my FB newsfeed with people acting outraged at this cop, at his post, having a little fun.   Over and over I kept seeing this same video and pic.  All you have to do is watch the video and see, he was standing at his post and she came to him.  Just like every other cop in that video.  The only difference was he had some fun with it.  And I say, why not?    "He was dancing while people were getting shot."



I'm sorry, I don't buy it, not in the least bit.  As long as I can remember there is some type of violence at that parade.  Acting like the shootings that took place could have some how been prevented if this officer stood there and ignored the women backing it up on him, is ridiculous. 

In the best case scenario all this officer could've done for the shooting victim was respond after the fact of him being shot.  I don't see how that helps the deceased. 

Folk need to start looking in the mirror and stop point fingers.  No shootings at the St. Patrick's day parade (despite the copious amounts of alcohol being consumed), no shootings at the Thanksgiving day parade last year, and there will be no shooting this year.  No shootings at the Columbus day parade last year, nor will there be shootings at the Columbus day parade next month.  No shootings at the Christmas day parade, no shootings at the Gay Pride parade.  No shootings at the Halloween parade, etc.  With the exception of the West Indian day parade, the African American day parade, and the Puerto Rican day parade, you will hear of no shooting when folks get together to have a good time. 

So please miss me with the misplaced outrage about a cop doing what everyone who came out that day should have been doing.  His dancing didn't cause a single person to squeeze a single trigger at someone who 10 times out of 10 looked just like him.