Three people arrested for dancing on top of an SUV in Chicago intersection

By JD

A new kind of flash mob stopped traffic in Chicago's Loop this week after a group of people and children started a dance party on top of their SUV, in the middle of a busy intersection.

Police responded to disturbance calls around 1:15 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of LaSalle and Monroe Street after witnesses reported several adults and four children were on top of a Chevy Tahoe dancing in traffic, according to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic.

The incident was captured on video by witnesses. The group is seen grooving to Ellie Goulding’s “Lights.”

Police said the three adults were taken into custody and the four children were turned over to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Just a missed opportunity of epic proportions here.  Forget calling these people assholes for blocking traffic in one of the busiest cities in America – all Chicago drivers are assholes anyway. But if you’re gonna make an idiot out of yourself by dancing on top of a car in a Chicago intersection, at least have the decency to sing Twist and Shout like Ferris.

Seriously, if that’s not a dream of yours then we probably could never be friends.  I doubt I’ll ever be on top of an SUV in downtown Chicago, but if the situation presents itself I can promise you I won’t be blasting Ellie Goulding, whoever that is.