The New York Police Department once again is proving they are out of control. They detained, choked, and threw a man to the ground, simply because he was taking part in a dance challenge offered by talk show host Ellen Degeneres.The idea behind #DanceDares is that people dance behind random people. That’s it. It’s harmless and fun, unless you’re a black man and you dance behind a New York Police Officer.
Alexander BOK, a YouTube prankster, saw opportunity when Ellen presented the challenge.
BOK spent Christmas Eve dancing “Gangnam Style” behind random New Yorkers. Most responded either with confusion, obliviousness or amusement, but when BOK encountered several New York Police Officers, things turned ugly.
The police were clearly not feeling threatened. They acknowledged that BOK was dancing but insulted him nonetheless, they pressed him up against the van with an officer’s hand on his neck, asking “what’s wrong with you,” and even calling him a “fu*king as*hole.”
At first, according to BOK, the police threatened to arrest him, but with no cause, they decided instead to throw him to the ground.