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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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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 9 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I live in NYC.

Some idiot would see the cops throwing snowballs and put a rock in theirs.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'd just throw rocks at the NYPD. No need for snow.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes, and your SO is a super model and you're an astronaut.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Who says we aren't?

[–] EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

Well, they are the biggest gang in New York

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Good point, I stand corrected

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I was watching a clip of Gene Kelly doing a dance on roller skates yesterday. Absolutely incredible dancing on wheels. In the middle of the routine he does a stupid 'Chinaman' impression for absolutely no reason.

I had a choice. Stop watching, or accept that social norms change slowly.