"This was not just a 'snowball fight.' This was an assault - by adults throwing chunks of ice and rocks - that landed two police officers in the hospital with head and face injuries."
"This is disgraceful. But with a mayor who has a history of calling the police "racist, evil, wicked and corrupt," he set the tone. Words have consequences. We are seeing that in the growing disrespect for law enforcement - just as we've seen it in the rise in antisemitism."
"They and our entire city workforce deserve respect. The only person in the entire city's workforce that deserves a snowball is me."
During a blizzard in Washington Square Park, multiple NYPD officers were attacked with snowballs while responding to reports of people climbing a building roof. Two officers sustained facial cuts and were hospitalized. Video footage showed officers being pelted with snowballs while attempting to evade the crowd. Mayor Zohran Mamdani characterized the incident as a friendly snowball fight between kids, drawing significant backlash. The Police Benevolent Association president clarified this was an assault involving chunks of ice and rocks. Political opponents, including former Mayor Eric Adams and ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo, criticized Mamdani's response, citing his history of critical statements about police and arguing his rhetoric contributes to disrespect for law enforcement.
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