Police Bodycam Shows Man Proposing To His Girlfriend During Arrest

Police in Oklahoma were surprised when a man being arrested made an odd request. He wanted to propose to his girlfriend, while still in handcuffs. Brandon Thompson, 35, was arrested at his Muskogee, Oklahoma home on July 4. He'd been wanted for six felony warrants, including possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a controlled substance and failure to appear in court. Officers had recognized him early that day and tracked him down to find him celebrating the holiday with family and his girlfriend, Leandria Keith. Body cam footage caught the moment on camera, as Thompson made his request to the officers who'd just put him in handcuffs. "I asked the officer if I could propose," said Thompson in a phone interview. "The officer said, 'You want to do what?' and I said, 'I want to propose to her.'" The officers agreed to Thompson's request, watching (and filming) as he got down on one knee. "It took us by surprise that he asked if he could do it," Officer Lincoln Anderson, who is also the Muskogee police spokesman, said via Facebook.