A blizzard hit New York City this week leaving a lot of snow on the ground. Yesterday afternoon a bunch of kids gathered in Washington Square Park in Manhattan for a snowball fight. Early on it seemed like the tone was pretty much about having fun.
🌨️ Snowball free-for-all in Washington Square Park shows snow days aren’t just for the kids
🎤 @winsjuliet reports pic.twitter.com/mx337ECtum
— 1010 WINS on 92.3 FM (@1010WINS) February 23, 2026
But as more teens showed up things got out of control. They guy who filmed this clip below got hit in the face and had a bloody nose.
Got hit by a snowball in the face and was left with a bloody nose.
First time either one of those things happens to me.
I’m ok…it was just scary for a minute. pic.twitter.com/Yzsgh9FllA
— OmarZRobles.eth (@OmarZRobles) February 24, 2026
There’s a bathroom or something in the park that has a flat roof. Some kids climbed up there, probably to get a better angle, and the police were called out to get them down. And that’s when things turned really ugly.
A handful of NYPD officers showed up and quickly became targets for the entire mob. This wasn’t harmless fun anymore. They were throwing big chunks of snow and ice at the officer’s heads and trying their best to injure them.
NYPD officers getting hit with snowballs in Washington Square Park this afternoon pic.twitter.com/uUekDVmIGT
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) February 23, 2026
Gee, I wonder where they all these Democrats in New York got the idea that police are the enemy?
NYPD officers were hit with snowballs during a snow-filled afternoon in Washington Square Park pic.twitter.com/oracmtJS9z
— Surajit (@Surajit_) February 24, 2026
As the officers tried to leave they got followed and pelted some more.
New York City.
THIS IS DISGUSTING. 🤬MAMDANI, what have you done to my city!? pic.twitter.com/zXfwLd1EUd
— JeremyUnplugged (@JeremyUnplugged) February 24, 2026
Some were quick to denounce the mob’s behavior, including former police officer Mayor Eric Adams. He took a shot at Mamdani without naming him.
Watching officers get pelted with snow while they are out in brutal weather protecting this city should make every New Yorker furious. It is disgusting behavior.
And the politicians who constantly bash the police and refuse to have their backs are setting a terrible example.… https://t.co/JOcBfuGpfK
— Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) February 24, 2026
And the politicians who constantly bash the police and refuse to have their backs are setting a terrible example. Leadership matters. Tone matters.
ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS must speak out and make it clear that attacks on our officers, in any form, will not stand.
Back the police. Full stop.
Also former governor Andrew Cuomo. He also took a shot at Mamdani:
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.… https://t.co/jCGZiK46kI
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) February 24, 2026
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.
Real leaders understand that. This mayor does not.
NYPD Commissioner Tisch condemned the behavior but didn’t blame anyone.
The NYPD is aware of certain videos taken earlier today in Washington Square Park showing individuals attacking cops.
I want to be very clear: The behavior depicted is disgraceful, and it is criminal.
Our detectives are investigating this matter.
— Jessica S. Tisch (@NYPDPC) February 24, 2026
The PBA:
Unacceptable and outrageous — this is the environment that NYC police officers are up against. Our police officers are being treated for their injuries, but the case CANNOT end there. The individuals involved must be identified, arrested and charged with assault on a police… https://t.co/2qOTwnAFPi
— NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) February 24, 2026
You can thank Mamdani’s anti-police rhetoric for this.
New Yorkers should not stand for this and those responsible should be held accountable. https://t.co/7cXo4FrKgv
— Rep. Claudia Tenney (@RepTenney) February 24, 2026
And of course the Defund the Police anti-law enforcement Socialist Mayor who has a fully produced video with a costume for just about everything has absolutely nothing to say about this disgrace.
Just silence (and explicit approval…after all “the boot of the NYPD on your… https://t.co/Tk5OOQ0G4o
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) February 24, 2026
The Mayor did eventually offer a statement. Of course he downplayed it.
I’ve seen the videos of kids throwing snowballs at NYPD officers in Washington Square Park.
Officers, like all city workers, have been out in a historic blizzard, keeping New Yorkers safe and cars moving.
Treat them with respect. If anyone’s catching a snowball, it’s me.
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) February 24, 2026
Show respect to the cops, unlike me. In case you’ve forgotten, Mamdani hates the police. As late as 2023 he had this message on his campaign website:
“We can’t reform our way out of a racist police system that’s working exactly as designed — as a means of control over Black & brown New Yorkers,” he wrote…
Remember this? This is also just 2 1/2 years ago.
September, 2023.
Zohran Mamdani: “We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF.” pic.twitter.com/sr8pQyKvCq
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 28, 2025
He never changed. He just got elected. We’re probably going to see a lot more disrespect like this toward the NYPD under his leadership. The NYPD had been hiring like crazy in the past year to make up for significant attrition in previous years. We’ll have to wait and see if incidents like this one result in more resignations.
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