Video shows reveler at West Indian Day Parade grinding hips against NYPD officer's crotch area
A video has surfaced of a reveler grinding against a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer during the West Indian Day Parade held on September 2.
In the video, a scantily clad woman, wearing a skimpy neon vest and a bikini thong was seen pulling up to a uniformed officer, who was among the agents posted along the route at New York's annual parade. Bending down, she started to dance seductively leaning her bottom against the officer's crotch area.
Although the officer was seen resisting at first, he soon joined in the celebrations, grooving behind her.
According to Daily Mail, the dance move that the woman was seen doing was called "wining," which was popular in Jamaican dance halls. As the pair "wined" away, a number of marchers gathered around them to cheer them on. One of them even started flapping a towel at the two, seemingly to cool them off after the intimate dance.
A few paces away, more revelers pulled up to more officers and tried to engage them into the party. One of the colleagues of the first officer was also approached for a dance but he was seen stumbling when he tried to heed the request.
Several thousand armed officers were stationed across Brooklyn to ensure that the parade did not turn violent like in the past few years. Revelers were also screened for weapons and alcohol at 13 separate entry points.
Although a gun was confiscated from one of the attendees, there were no violent incidents this year.
"There will literally be a cop everywhere doing what they do best, keeping neighborhoods safe," NYPD Chief Terence Monahan, said at a press conference, adding that the parade was their largest security operation of the year so far.
Despite the peaceful affair, the NYPD has faced criticism in the past for being too lenient when it came to the revelers in the past. Other videos from the parade this year reportedly showed attendees dancing on the bonnet and roof of patrol cars and carrying alcohol in their hands, although spirits were banned from the parade.
Revelers have been known to engage policemen in the past in their entertainment - something that has not always been smooth-sailing for the law enforcement agents.
In 2011, the NYPD opened an investigation into a similar video of two women gyrating against a couple of officers. One of the policemen, detective Gregory Gordon, was transferred from Brooklyn to Staten Island after the video went viral, New York Daily News reported.