NYC police officers hit with snowballs during snowball fight
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- New York City police are investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a large snowball fight at Washington Square Park amid a Northeast winter storm, with some officers requiring hospital treatment.
- Video footage shows officers being pelted with snowballs, visibly frustrated, and pushing some participants to the ground; one officer was seen rubbing his eye after being hit.
- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned the behavior as "disgraceful" and "criminal," while no arrests have been made so far.
- The incident sparked political debate, with critics of Mayor Zohran Mamdani using it to argue that respect for law enforcement has declined, though Mamdani called for respect for officers and downplayed the event as a snowball fight.
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