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Jedi Guy

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29. Having watched the video, I feel like it's possible that all involved were acting like assholes.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 04:02 PM
5 hrs ago

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.

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Monumental cry babies JustAnotherGen 10 hrs ago #1
That's what I thought Jilly_in_VA 10 hrs ago #2
So two of the Police Officers in my borough JustAnotherGen 9 hrs ago #5
They all are... lame54 5 hrs ago #24
Join ice if you need to whine about snowballs. cbabe 10 hrs ago #3
You try to do YOUR job while being hit in the face by a barrage of snowballs Tim S 10 hrs ago #4
good bit WhiskeyGrinder 9 hrs ago #10
How should they have stopped a snowball fight without getting hit with one? AStern 5 hrs ago #25
It's not like they were plainclothes, c'mon. Tim S 5 hrs ago #28
Stray into the middle of a massive snowball fight... GenThePerservering 9 hrs ago #6
not what happened. but, OK - let's make the story about what we WANT it to be stopdiggin 9 hrs ago #11
and OMGAWD, YOU'DA THOUGHT THEY KILLED THEM. a kennedy 9 hrs ago #7
Karma would have it that Mamdani would find himself as the target someday while dozens pelted him with snow and ice. MichMan 5 hrs ago #31
"So anyway, I started blasting." flvegan 9 hrs ago #8
They had a huge opportunity to do the "community outreach" that cops say they want to do, but god forbid you forget WhiskeyGrinder 9 hrs ago #9
they arrive, under orders to quell disturbance - and are immediately bombarded stopdiggin 9 hrs ago #12
Disturbance? PLEASE Jilly_in_VA 8 hrs ago #13
They were not "under orders to quell a disturbance." Someone called 911 "disorderly conduct in the park." They show up WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #14
Snowball. Fight. Try to keep up. nt GenThePerservering 7 hrs ago #16
The hypocrisy is mind blowing. yardwork 8 hrs ago #15
Here's a video Renew Deal 7 hrs ago #17
Their presence was unwarranted Jilly_in_VA 7 hrs ago #18
Isn't this blaming the victim? Renew Deal 6 hrs ago #20
If city employees don't want to be pelted with snow and ice while at work, they should just find a new job, right? MichMan 5 hrs ago #30
Wet, heavy snow packed into a ball becomes ice, which can be very injurious to whomever is the target of it. Sogo 6 hrs ago #19
I guess someone missed the memo titled "Don't throw things at the cops." PeaceWave 6 hrs ago #21
Really? Come on now. Jilly_in_VA 5 hrs ago #23
Of course, really. Throwing anything at a police officer is not a smart thing to do. PeaceWave 5 hrs ago #27
The police forget who really runs this town SocialDemocrat61 6 hrs ago #22
Snowflakes Hit By Snowballs. Sad. Dave Bowman 5 hrs ago #26
Having watched the video, I feel like it's possible that all involved were acting like assholes. Jedi Guy 5 hrs ago #29
Someone called the police. The police had to respond. They couldn't just ignore the call... PeaceWave 4 hrs ago #32
"Someone called the police. The police had to respond. They couldn't just ignore the call..." Jedi Guy 30 min ago #35
Anyone want to volunteer to be in a snowball fight, get hit and badly injured in the fight by an iceball Wonder Why 1 hr ago #33
Moral of the story Jilly_in_VA 36 min ago #34
It wasn't simple snow balls. It was packed ice and Melon 29 min ago #36
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