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Video: NYPD Officer Dances Jubilantly With Gay Pride Marcher
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John Del Signore
Published Jun 29, 2015
Modified Apr 10, 2018
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Sometimes it's possible to step back and appreciate how much has changed for the better since police raided the Stonewall Inn, sparking riots and a national gay rights movement. Yesterday's Gay Pride parade, coming on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, was one such moment of joyful triumph, where dancing in the street feels like the best way to express the elation. And at least one NYPD officer was feeling it...
Parade dancing cops are New York's Finest cops (assuming the officer isn't actually just one of those Hot Cops we're always getting fooled by). This is the kind of community policing NYC could use more of. Hipster Cop and Mustachioed Hipster Cop II need to shoot a music video with Gay Pride cop to help recruit the NYPD of the future.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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