A bodycam video showing cops shutting down a wild New England Patriots AFC Championship Game bash has gone viral, and the internet is eating it up like it’s halftime snacks, because nothing says “sports culture” quite like screaming players, questionable decisions, and police bodycams capturing the whole thing.
The footage starts exactly how you would expect, loud music, people everywhere and players celebrating in a club like the National Football League just handed them the trophy personally.
In the video, cops arrive at an establishment called Estella shortly after 2 AM on Jan. 27. When they make their way downstairs … they find people gathered in the basement — which featured hookahs, strippers and a floor filled with dollar bills.
As one of the cops watched people make their way up and down the stairs, a woman approached him and said, “I understand you have a job to do, but do you understand who is in the room?”
She then told the officer, who was unaware of who was downstairs, that they had “All the f***ing Patriots here and this was their private party.”
The cop wasn’t moved, so the woman started calling for Kayshon Boutte — the team’s third-year wide receiver.
“He’s scared as hell,” she said. “Can you go talk to him?”
AFC Championship bash gone wrong kind courtesy by the Boston Police Department.
Upstairs … the officer’s supervisor was running through the violations the joint had picked up — including not having an entertainment license for the strippers and an indoor smoking license for the hookahs.
The owners were cooperative with the officers, which the board noted in their decision to suspend their license for one day.
“I’d be remiss if I didn’t remind him his license to operate is a privilege in the City of Boston,” board chair Kathleen Joyce said. “With that privilege comes responsibility. He does not seem to have a good understanding of what that responsibility is. He did accept responsibility for what happened that night, but I am not convinced he understands what was wrong.”
Other individuals at the establishment were having fun with the officers. As one of the men walked back downstairs, he looked at the cop and said he looked like Drake Maye.
One of the officers even joked as long as the team brings home the win against the Seattle Seahawks, that was all that mattered to him.
Sports celebrations are emotional. Fans get excited, people get loud, but as this viral video proves, sometimes the real MVP of the night is the officers shutting down the celebrations.
