"From videos I've seen, it looks like a snowball fight, Mamdani said, adding that two officers involved were facing lacerations on their face. Asked whether he thought anyone involved in the incident should be charged with assaulting a police officer if the throwers were to be identified, Mamdani said: I don't."
"This was not just a snowball fight,' the PBA said in a statement. This was an assault by adults throwing chunks of ice and rocks that landed two police officers in the hospital with head and face injuries."
"The NYPD said two uniformed police officers were inside Washington Square Park when two individuals intentionally struck the officers multiple times with snow and ice causing injury to their head, neck, and face."
A viral snowball fight during a severe Northeast blizzard escalated into a political controversy for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Two police officers in Washington Square Park sustained head and face injuries from snowballs and ice. At a news conference, Mamdani characterized it as a snowball fight and stated he would not support assault charges against the throwers. His lighthearted tone, including a joke about catching snowballs himself, drew sharp criticism from the Police Benevolent Association, which characterized the incident as assault involving chunks of ice and rocks. The NYPD subsequently posted seeking suspects for assault on police officers. Critics highlighted Mamdani's past law enforcement criticisms, framing his response as a leadership failure.
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