Cop Offers Free Sneakers-If You Can Beat Him
Officer Hanks says he'll buy you new shoes if you beat him in basketball. If you lose, you owe him push-ups.
Syracuse is a town known for its basketball--but the latest social media star is playing in the park, not the Carrier Dome!
Syracuse Police Officer Brandon Hanks is challenging local kids to a game of one-on-one, with some pretty high stakes. Beat him, and Officer Hanks will buy you a new pair of shoes. But if he wins, you owe him pushups.

Video credit Brandon Hanks on Facebook .
And as you can see by the video he shared, nobody has beaten Officer Hanks yet! And while his young opponents are in basketball shorts, Hanks is his full uniform and weighed down by his equipment!
The video has been viewed nearly 35,000 times on Facebook (as of Monday afternoon.)
"I want to be the person anyone can come to," Hanks told The Stand. "I want people to say, "Let's go ask Hanks. And the rest of the department? Those are Hanks' boys. We can go to them, too."