As Officer Bobby White pulled up on the scene, he noticed that the kids weren’t doing anything wrong. They were just playing some street ball.
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“You believe someone called to complain about kids playing basketball in the streets?” he asked one of the hoopers. “You believe that? I ain’t got no problem with it, obviously.”
Then he grabbed the ball from one of the players and began putting up shots. A pickup game of sorts ensued, and White even got a chance to throw down a dunk or two.
The video, which was posted Thursday, had nearly four million views by Friday morning.
“We are proud to be able to be a positive light for law enforcement in today’s view of officers,” the department wrote on its Facebook page in response to the video going viral.
“Not all of us that wear the badge are perfect. Not even close. But we know there are thousands of officers around the country that are just like this.”
