That is all!

Just cry babies. And blowing it all out of proportion.

And I were laughing about this yesterday afternoon. Then again - they do community policing, read books at story hours, have Parties with a Cop for kids, etc. etc.

They would have welcomed it after the 24 hour emergency readiness. Like - have some JOY folks.

They look for reasons to charge somebody with assault instead of letting slight resistance go like a real tough guy would

You have no idea what’s inside them. You’re just trying to do your home and get home to your family. Imagine if the police were delayed trying to respond to YOUR call because they got delayed dealing with these half-wits. I say “Throw the book at them!

It beats getting shot at with bullets.

get hit by snowballs. Then cry. OK, Big Men.

(LE had been directed to the scene - among other things)

Faux Noise had some EX NYC cop on and he was actually having a stroke at how bad this was……oh and the new Mayor?? he says, just laughed it off. It was a freaking snow ball fight.

Kind of surprised this wasn't the response.

who's in charge around here.

how bout you figure out the 'community outreach' approach here .. ?

"Please good citizens! We beseech you to cease throwing ... " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

It was a big ol' SNOWBALL FIGHT. That's their "disturbance"? Come on, man!

and see a community snowball fight, organized on social media, and decide to walk right through the middle of it. Like...come on.

Suddenly the right wingers care again about the police? I can't keep up.

January 6: attacking police officers with bear spray and clubs is perfectly fine.

NYC: attacking police with snow balls deserves criminal punishment.

and the guys were shoing them how much it was. If they hadn't been there in the first place, none of this would have happened.

I speak from the experience of having been such a target at one time.

I'm not defending any kind of over-reaction, if there was one, but just pointing out the reality of what's possible.

Once the cops got on scene and saw that the "disturbance" was a playful snowball fight, that should've been the end of it. Radio dispatch, confirm no one is in danger, close out the incident, move on with your shift. Making a big deal out of what's essentially people playing is dumb.

On the other hand, people following the police and pelting them with snowballs is kind of shitty. They're leaving. Let them leave. Harassing them for the sake of it is just childish and shitty behavior.

That said, the video linked in this thread doesn't show anything prior to the officers walking out of the park so I haven't seen an objective look at what took place before the cops decided to leave.

Not every situation has clear-cut good guys and bad guys. Sometimes everyone involved acts like a shitty human being. This might be one of those times.

At that point, some morons decided to go out of their way to disrespect the NYPD. They're hurling not just snow but insults at the cops simply because they felt a safety in numbers. Some guy comes out of nowhere and starts filming the police officers' every step. Why is any of this necessary? NYPD isn't ICE. As a party, we can make light of the situation. But, in doing so, it makes us look like we don't respect either local police or the job they do.