Picture of finger-flipping Aussie cop goes viral after being shared on Reddit The photograph showing a bird-flipping police officer - titled "Only in Australia!" - has racked up hundreds of thousands of views. AN AUSTRALIAN police officer has become an unlikely internet celebrity after a photo of him giving the finger to a pair of teenagers went viral over the weekend. Dubbed the "photo-bombing cop," the unidentified policeman is shown making the obscene gesture in the background of a "selfie" photo being taken by two young pranksters. Titled "Only in Australia!" the photograph has racked up more than 668,000 views in two days after being shared on web discussion forum Reddit. While the original Reddit poster appears to be from Melbourne, it is unclear where the photo was actually taken, with some users suggesting it could be Townsville. However there's one thing most commenters are in agreement over: the cop is in the right. Fair enough for the cop. He's probably had enough of dealing with drunken 18-year-olds and their cameras for one night," wrote one user.