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Mamdani admonishes ‘kids throwing snowballs,’ while NYPD denounces ‘individuals attacking cops’
Hundreds gathered for a social media-organized snowball fight that escalated into assaults on NYPD officers, leaving several injured and prompting an official investigation.
- Video showed NYPD officers being hit with snowballs in Washington Square Park during a major snowstorm, prompting sharply different reactions from city leaders.
- NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incident as “criminal” and “disgraceful,” saying detectives are investigating those involved.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani characterized the episode as “kids throwing snowballs” while still urging residents to respect officers who were working during the blizzard.
- Several officers were taken to a hospital in stable condition after being struck, and the union representing NYPD officers criticized Mamdani’s response as a failure of leadership.
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NYPD investigating after officers hit with snowballs: ‘criminal behaviour’
New York police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow. A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park on Monday as snowballs fly at them from all directions, hitting the officers and covering them in snow. The officers, growing visibly frustrated, shoved at l…
The episode in a Manhattan park left agents injured, opened an internal investigation and sparked harsh criticism from the opposition and unions
NYPD commissioner calls it ‘criminal’ to pelt NYPD cops with snowballs in Washington Square Park
NEW YORK — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has launched an investigation into a caught-on-camera clash where a rowdy crowd pelted a group of uniformed cops with snowballs in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. “The NYPD is aware of certain videos taken…
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