New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight
New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan.
A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as snowballs fly at them from all directions, hitting the officers and covering them in snow.
The officers, growing visibly frustrated, shoved at least two people to the ground as snowballs continued to whizz by. At one point, a person runs up behind an officer and mushes some snow onto his head. One of the officers can be seen rubbing his eye toward the end of the video.
In a statement Tuesday, the New York Police Department said multiple uniformed officers were struck in the face with snowballs and were "removed by EMS in stable condition" to a nearby hospital, but did not disclose additional information on their injuries.
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There used to be cops who knew how to deal with people on a human level.
Then 9/11/2001 happened and every cop in America was told that they were the front line of the War On Terror.
Basic common sense was replaced by The Punisher mind set.
Pre 9/11 cops would have looked, reported that it was just a snowball fight and walked away. These idiots had to be tough guys.
Police officers in any other Nordic country likely would have joined in when they saw that all is fine and it's just a snowball fight
I live in NYC.
Some idiot would see the cops throwing snowballs and put a rock in theirs.
Well, they are the biggest gang in New York
Wrong!
https://youtu.be/JH1vUJxn8gU
You spelled genius wrong
Learn some history.
Back in the day, when the Industrial Workers of the World did any action they had a squad that made sure no one threw rocks at the police. The IWW leadership knew that one cop with a bruise meant a few dozen innocent marchers with broken bones.
If starting trouble for other people makes you a 'genius' than Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Science.
Good point, I stand corrected
Thank you
Off topic rant incoming in 3
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I don't like the phrase "thank you" because it's manners, but it has a pronoun inside. And so it puts Me in a really socially awkward position. And it's a position most people wouldn't understand. If someone has second person neopronouns, then "thank you" makes a person feel bad, while having really good intentions behind it, so if you complain or correct, it's really rude and it feels bad to do so. I try to avoid manners that have pronouns inside when I'm talking to strangers, but it would be unreasonable of Me to expect the same from most people. I like "thanks". But "thank you" makes Me feel bad, AND conflicted. It's the most annoying manners.
I'd just throw rocks at the NYPD. No need for snow.
Yes, and your SO is a super model and you're an astronaut.
Who says we aren't?
If you're gonna act like you're on Reddit...
"Pix or it didn't happen."
Who says I'm acting like I'm on reddit?
If people are having a massive snowball fight in new York city, and cops show up and are concerned about people concealing rocks in the snow... There's hundreds of people there... Why not just throw a rock? Why have to hide it in a snowball?
I didn't think people on Fed were this fucking uptight.
Then Occupy happened, and everyone realized that all NYPD cops are bastards
Occupy happened a decade after 9/11/2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
See 2004 RNC
Some Gross man trained cops to have a warrior mentality.
Was that before or after NYPD started training with the IDF? I've lost track of the excessive force saga at this point. Like I know we've got that douchecanoe whose name escapes me currently who was going around training cops that it's literally a war of Cops vs the Public and any random person they interact with IS actually out to kill them, the rapid militarization of American Police, and larger Police Forces like the NYPD doing exercises with the IDF but I cannot for the life of me remember which came first.
Whew, they're in stable condition. Anyone see the video floating around? I can't find it.
was literally in the article you linked
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Egp0591Q9RI
that said, it's sad that they just can't stand seeing a community having fun together and must do something to stop it... how pathetic.
assault on cops... please, why were they even there for more then a few minutes. observe from a distance... confirm it's a community of people having fun. if NO LAWS ARE BEING BROKEN, then fuck off back to your cars and go do actual work. there is zero reason to speak with anyone or stop the activity from happening. such pathetic individuals
Aw thanks, I have a lot of adblockers for video too, it must have gotten caught up in that.
Edit: That's not the full thing. They described a video where the cops were pushing people and someone came up with a snowball and smashed them in the face.
Cops are not capable of being anything other than power tripping egotistical meat heads.
A police horse was hit with a snowball too. His condition is...
Stable
made me think of this reddit story
Now I miss reddit. Not enough to go back, but it's still there.
Sadly the Reddit this guy commented on is not the Reddit of today. All the greats will fall in time. Only for another to take their place.
I wish we would see more of these stories here on Lemmy(but verified, someway, I don't need AI fiction)
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
Nyland Brigade ain't nothing to fuck with. Beat our asses every time they come to the party. I miss Finland.
I completely lost my train of thought and got distracted at "Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog" and forgot to finish reading that because it reminded me of this food court place in the local mall where I grew up that had something like that. They wrapped a hot dog in bacon, fried it, then covered it with chili and cheese. Terrible for you, but my Gods was it delicious.
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
More evidence that they have too much funding.
I'm not saying we should take away all of NYPD funding, but I think a moderate approach would be to cut their funding in half every year.
Zeno for comptroller
They should get half of what the schools get
Can't even call them snowflakes any more because they're even afraid of that
Right wingers have a bad history with snow. See Stalingrad.
Why were they "responding to a snowball fight"? What broke law were they investigating? What even made them go there? Yes the police shouldn't of taken it to this level but also which grumpy person even called the in the first place?
Here's the thing.
If someone calls 911 the police and EMS have to respond.
A while back in NYC there was some idiot who kept calling 911 and saying there was a murder going on at an abortion clinic.
They actually don't have to respond. It would be insane if they did, and the system simply wouldn't be able to function; the volume of calls (and for the most frivolous things) can be tremendous.
/used to work 911/dispatch
Don't know what 911 system you worked in, but NYC sends PD or EMS or Fire to every call, not matter how obviously frivolous.
Source?
Just because you do doesn't mean you are required to. Also, I don't believe it. You send PD or EMS if somebody calls 911 because they see a black guy they don't recognize in their neighborhood? Because that's a common call.
Funny thing about people.
Most aren't actually trained to respond well in an emergency.
They might say that someone is bleeding a lot when it's just a bloody nose, or say 'he fell down' when the person had a heart attack and collapsed.
Okay?
True, i get that. My question is who called them? Not asking for doxxing information just that who ever it was is probably angry and hateful in general and should be ashamed of themselves.
Snowflakes pelted by snowflakes. The commissioner must have an icy cold brow. The perpetrators are snowed.
What kind of weakling has to go to the hospital after a snowball fight
Pigs snouts are very sensitive
Police are investigating after officers were hit with snowballs while responding to a snowball fight? Well this has got to be the shortest investigation in history surely. The answer is right there in the first sentence!
Furthermore, why on earth are police "responding to a snowball fight"? Who called the police? Why even bother calling OR responding? It's a snowball fight! Have these dickheads never heard of "fun"?
The amount of dumb shit police get called to is astronomical. I've seen police respond to "kids playing loudly outside" you know... A normal things kids do?
This snowball fight probably got called in as "there's 30 people fighting in the park!" Hangup. So of course the police have to go.
I remember getting the cops called on me as a kid for being loud outside & they played a game of 2 on 2 with me & my friend in the street before they left. I think we got louder with the cops there.
The same people who bitch about kids not playing outside anymore call the police on kids playing outside. Or shoot them.
"New York City police investigating lake after officers got wet after walking into it."
What injuries? It was a fucking snowball.
Yeah plus they didn't even get hit in the ear. That's the worst place to get hit. All their face fat probably absorbed all the impact lol
"Ahhh! Motherfucker! Why the ear?!"
"I dunno, I kinda fucked it up... Is that okay?"
how many ppl were killed by Ice this time?
Fuck Around
Find Out
We'll put a snowball in your face. 🎶 It's the American Way 🎶
I mean they have to, the officers were assaulted with projectiles of dihydrogen monoxide!
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American police... the ultimate weak cowards