mint - news•Feb 26
Snowball fight or ‘assault’? Tensions between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his own NYPD after monster blizzard | Today News
A large snowball fight in New York City following a blizzard, which culminated in police officers being struck by snow and ice, has sparked tensions between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his own police department. ” Meanwhile, the patrol officers’ union quickly used the incident to argue that respect for law enforcement has diminished under the new mayor. Reactions to this week’s snowball fight echoed those following a 2019 incident during a heat wave, when energetic young people engaging in water fights were filmed tossing water at police officers.
