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Video: Hot Cop Does The Cupid Shuffle On Eighth Avenue
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Emma Whitford
Published Jun 29, 2015
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Published Jun 29, 2015
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Cops too shy to show off their dance moves should take note—there's no "right" or "wrong" way to bust a move during Pride weekend. While some cops dance like Fifth Avenue is a sweaty nightclub at 3 a.m., others, like Officer Brendan James, treat the Eighth Avenue Summer Festival like your niece's wedding reception.
Cops have fun too #pride #prideparade #nypd #communitypolicing #bratton #modelbrendanjames
Posted by Billy D'Ottavio on Sunday, June 28, 2015
A tipster pointed us to this video, which officer Brendan James shared on his Facebook page earlier today, with all of the appropriate hashtags: "Cops have fun too #pride #prideparade #nypd #communitypolicing #bratton." James wouldn't comment on the video, but he did confirm that it is indeed him, in uniform, busting out the Cupid Shuffle near the corner of 8th Avenue and 42nd Street.
James is also ridiculously ripped and appears to moonlight as a male model. Every NYPD officer is a snowflake, but we'd make the case that some are more special than others.
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