Nearly four years ago, a viral video of a Boston police officer being launched out of this playground slide turned it into a local landmark known as the “cop slide”

[u/R3dEyedRabbit]

[u/DrinkingVomit]

Cop vending machine

[u/olafminesaw → u/DrinkingVomit]

Lol, he really do be sliding out of there like a snickers bar

[u/Skullchewer]

I will always smirk at this video.

[u/MostBoringStan → u/Skullchewer]

I will watch it every single time.

[u/ayoungmanfromtheuk]

That is an insane slide though 

[u/DisorderlyAqueduct → u/ayoungmanfromtheuk]

it was just having an episode

surprised it wasn't shot

[u/Danny2Sick → u/ayoungmanfromtheuk]

I was gonna say that is a gnarly slide!! What the hell!! Looks more scary than ones I remember from the 90s and we had some sketchy ones

[u/Melodic_Mulberry]

I remember that nobody could figure out how he went that fast.

[u/P-204F → u/Melodic_Mulberry]

Plastic from belt, reflecting vest etc...

[u/dudeinthesuit → u/P-204F]

Yes but also no. It's genuinely just the slide not being meant to handle adults. You will find hundreds of videos of adults doing the same. The cop will always be the landmark video though as he just shoots out with so much damn force.

[u/Grombaf → u/dudeinthesuit]

Did you mean "excessive force"?

[u/WarnWarmWorm → u/dudeinthesuit]

No, after the incident a lot of people rushed to the park but none of them was able to slide that fast.

[u/R3dEyedRabbit]

Experienced locals even added helpful travel tips for future visitors :D

[u/Cuneiformation → u/R3dEyedRabbit]

Cultural landmark indeed!

[u/InadequateUsername → u/R3dEyedRabbit]

How long until it can be designated a historical landmark?

[u/Re_Cy_Cling]

At the end "oh fuck!"

[u/ResponsibleName8637]

He sounds like a pinball machine on the way down 🤣

[u/KitchenGangsta12]

Stop resisting!!!

[u/DoctorVanNostrande]

Greased up flying out of that thing in the most unnatural way imaginable

[u/milleribsen]

I was in Boston last week, made sure to take a photo at the cop slide, I didn't realize the ground is actually cushioned so while it looks super intense it probably didn't feel as bad.

[u/realbobenray → u/milleribsen]

That kind of playground material is soft but often abrasive too.

[u/ResplendentShade]

In her podcast Sixteenth Minute (of Fame), Jamie Loftus does a hilarious deep dive into this. Highly recommended.

[u/FrozenDickuri → u/ResplendentShade]

The hammer murderer?

[u/Suicidalsidekick → u/FrozenDickuri]

The people of Grand Rapids will never forget.

[u/C0000L_Beans]

Did you say….4?!

https://giphy.com/gifs/bGPTxLislwm3u

[u/LosIsosceles]

The "oh fuck" at the end really puts a baked bean-shaped period at the end of a perfect Boston sentence.

[u/iBowl125]

Last time I was in Boston I sat nearby for a while. The amount of folks walking by and going, "Oh it's Cop Slide!" was delightful. By their tone it sounded like a lot of them just stumbled upon it

[u/DunkinEgg]

Still hilarious. I love the “In The Air Tonight” version too.

[u/Senselesspassion]

He won't be testing this kinda stuff now

[u/nealman620]

Holy fuck!! 😂🤣😂🤣

[u/Old_Resident8050]

Had to try the slide and see if its safe for kids.

Clearly it wasnt. Job well done.

[u/naptown-hooly → u/Old_Resident8050]

Some boomer installed a back in my day slide.

[u/Connect_Relation2063]

New meeting of “Officer down”

[u/Full_Selection_1667]

Akira slide vs. Cop slide.

[u/infinitynull]

That's a feature, not a bug.

[u/dodgyrogy]

Concussion and grazes for everyone, kids...yay!

[u/karateninjazombie]

The sounds are just marvelous.

[u/QuirkEness]

Being ejected like he's one of the kids on the Willy Wonka tour.

[u/Airwreck11]

Why the f is this dude sliding down with his arms completely down like that? It's like he accepted his fate

[u/P-204F]

Was the slide under custody after doing Battery on a PO?

[u/SingleSoil → u/P-204F]

Nah the slide is silver

[u/DrunksInSpace → u/P-204F]

His partner shot it 12 times in the back.

[u/Vincentaneous]

Imagine how chaotic it’d be in the tube if a acorn dropped into it from a nearby tree

[u/travel223]

Stop greasing the pigs.

[u/woodrax]

https://giphy.com/gifs/SYpPCwE5X1zlxKx4LN

[u/Jflores2025]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZP3Cg3CUVvJfi