So the cops have finally killed 'hipsterism'

[Blue_Tires]

We've covered the serious news out of the Occupy Wall Street movement today. But The Gray Lady has a story we just couldn't stay away from.

The New York Times has put an end to the mystery of Hipster Cop. If you're not a hipster, then you probably haven't heard about him, but he's become a fixture at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park.

Hipster Cop is not an ordinary police officer: He stands out from the uniformed crowd because he wears skinny ties and skinny trousers and he hangs with Tom Morello and wears ironically retro grandpa sweaters.

It seems the first picture of Hipster Cop was tweeted on Oct. 10. And since then, the curiosity mounted. Like any credible Internet sensation, he got a lolcats-style picture proclaiming that he was "into pepper spray, before it was cool." And an Oct. 13 piece Gawker staff writer Adrian Chen posted to his Tumblr blog cemented his mystery:

When I met him, Hipster Cop was wearing a bright red Mister Rogers cardigan and a white button down with a clipped tie, grey wool slacks and spotless oxfords, a smirk on his face. He was the most sharply-dressed guy I had seen pretty much all week, and I work in Soho. Hipster Cop almost looked too well-dressed to be a Radiohead fan; like, maybe he only listened to LPs of obscure Japanese bands from the 80s. But I asked if he was bummed about Radiohead's no-show: "They're finished," he joked. "Nobody's going to listen to their music anymore."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/19/141515951/out-of-wall-street-protest-an-unlikely-celebrity-hipster-cop?ps=cprs

[KurtNYC]

1. a bright red Mister Rogers cardigan and a white button down with a clipped tie, grey wool slacks and

spotless oxfords,"

Seems more like Preppy Cop to me.

[Chan790]

2. Depends if he's being ironic, postironic or actually thinks it looks good. n/t