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Police Arrive To Party After Noise Complaint, Then Stick Around For Video Game Battle

December 12, 2018

Jovante M. Williams was at a friend's apartment in St. Paul, Minnesota, when police officers arrived after a neighbor called to complain about the noise.

Williams and his friends were playing the popular Nintendo video game Super Smash Bros. when police arrived.

Soon after they arrived, a "fight" broke out.

"SO NEIGHBORS CALLED THE COPS ON US AND NOW WE FIGHTING THEM... IN SMASH BROS," Williams exclaimed on Facebook.

Credit: Jovante M. Williams / Facebook

According to Williams, the cops confirmed that they were not being disrespectful or too loud. That's when one of the officers asked the young men what game they were playing.

"I'm like, 'Y'all wanna play Smash?!' And two of them literally raised their hand and walked up. They're like, 'How do you jump?' They were acting; one of them was playing Pikachu!" Williams told Yahoo, laughing, alluding to the fact that the officers knew how to play very well.

Williams posted photos and a video on Facebook of the officers joining in on the fun.

Williams admitted that he was worried when the cops first arrived.

"It was concerning. You see so many videos of terrible results... I'm not trying to end up in jail or hurt, or have my friends harmed, or to start a commotion. But you know what? I heard the police asking 'What Smash Brothers?' Instead of something negative … it was something wholesome."