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.
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 same people who bitch about kids not playing outside anymore call the police on kids playing outside. Or shoot them.
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.