A video of New York Police Department officers getting pelted with snowballs by residents went viral Monday evening, and critics are blaming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s anti-police rhetoric.
The video circulating on social media shows a group of people in Washington Square Park engaging in what began as a spontaneous snowball fight after heavy snowfall hit the city, and then turning their attention toward uniformed officers who had arrived at the scene.
NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in an X post that the department is aware of the incident, calling it “criminal,” and said detectives are investigating the matter.