Cops: Annual Tradition Everyone Likes Can’t Go On

This weekend is the annual Manayunk Midnight Downhill, where a ton of drunk people go down the wall — a 17 percent incline — in whatever contraption they can come up with. It’s a celebration of the bike race the following day, as well as a celebration of stupidity, but both of them sound like pretty good reasons to have a race down a giant hill.

This event, of course, is a fun time for all, and so the cops are having none of it:

“I’m hopeful people don’t come to the event this year,” said John Cerrone, commanding officer of the Fifth Police District, which controls the Manayunk area. “There’s nothing to be gained from it.”

If there’s one way to make sure people absolutely 100 percent attend an event, just get a cop to say not to go. This is the best endorsement of the midnight race yet!

The Yunker Rides At Midnight [Citizen Mom]
Manayunk Downhill ‘Suicide’ Race [Philly EDGE]