NYPD officers pelted with snowballs
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NYPD officers were hit with snowballs on Monday when responding to a disorderly crowd at Washington Square Park, an incident the police commissioner called "criminal."
The Detectives' Endowment Association said it was "not harmless fun" but "a deliberate, outrageous, and dangerous attack."
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling on New Yorkers to treat police with respect after video shows some officers getting pelted with snowballs Monday.
Dozens of people gathered in Washington Square Park in New York City on Monday for a snowball fight. The event turned chaotic when the police, who were called to control the crowd, arrived at the scene and were pelted with snowballs.
A huge mob of rowdy winter warriors descended on a Manhattan park on Monday afternoon — throwing snowballs in a chaotic scene and tormenting cops, according to authorities and witnesses.
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams called on politicians to denounce NYPD officers being hit with snowballs in Washington Square Park.