Oops: Cops Get Locked Inside Drunk Hipster's Backyard

Original photo via neenna's flickr

A drunk hipster "saved" four NYPD officers recently, which sounds like an amazing story, except that it is told in the most annoyingly cumbersome way. So, here's the gist: some guy in Bushwick was up late (around 4:30 a.m.) watching videos of Richard Feynman lectures on YouTube while coming down off a whiskey buzz, when he sees flashlights and hears some noise in the backyard alleyway.

Instead of calling the cops, he discerns that one of the noises he hears is a police radio, so he heads out there in his slippers. He spots four officers emerging from the dumpsters situated in the backyard alleyway, and nearby also sees that "the picnic table we have out there now has a chair atop it. It’s pushed up against a fence."

Yes, the cops had imprisoned themselves in the hipster's lair, and when he asked them what they were doing back there, he was told “We’re investigating a disturbance. Door slammed shut behind us." They were not amused, and didn't thank their hero for rescuing them, though one did joke: “NYPD, keeping New Yorkers safe one locked door at a time!”

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on November 9, 2010 11:34 AM

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Jason

Camel Hopes to Spread the Hipster Cancer with Williamsburg-brand Cigarettes.

'Irony is Bliss- Have a Camel today.'

http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2010/11/camel-hopes-to-spread-the-hipster-cancer-with-williamsburg-brand-cigarettes/

S.K.

Bake them out, toys!- Chief Clancy Wiggum

OSN!

Coming 'down' off a whiskey 'high'?

jpeditor

Like we have to believe a drunk hipster?

henrystewart

The phrase "annoyingly cumbersome" is itself annoyingly cumbersome.

chlyn

+1

random transplant

Maybe the key to the lock was with the warrant it doesn't sound like they bothered to get?

Xwendekar

If they're investigating a disturbance or received a complaint they don't need one. They MIGHT need one to enter someone's backyard, apparently without the knowledge or aid of a resident.

40oz.killa

Wait, so the hipster unlocked the fence, freed the cops, then called the press to tell them about it? What a b*tch!

Xwendekar

Yes, he's a hipster.

And he didn't just call the press, he wrote a long, drawn-out, hipstery account of it (link above), laced of course with the "ironic" (not really) phrasing characteristic of the breed, as well as a few $20 words to make himself look intelligent, when in fact he's a complete prat.

Mordicai

Wait, cops are not magical, like ghosts or Superman? They are people? Woah.

Guest

except that it is told in the most annoyingly cumbersome way

Pot, meet kettle.

Guest

Not meant as a reply to Mordicai, but while I'm here, Superman is affected by magic, not a magical being. Had to geek out on you.

Also, thanks for the heads up on Death in Action Comics. It was a good read.

Mordicai

Yeah, I was charmed by it. You're right of course; Captain Marvel would have been a better comparison.

Brainwash

No, most cops aren't people, they're just sheep with guns.

JenChungsBaby

Who wants to come down off a whiskey buzz at 4:30 AM? Better to crash.

patsw

In the movies, they shoot the lock off. Reality is not as exciting.

camera_club

wow, great story guys

The Great Arturo Bandini

I kind of don't believe that out of four cops, not one said "thank you". Not because I think cops are so polite, just that saying thanks is so hard-wired into most people's brains.

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