What started as an innocent snowball fight during the New York City blizzard has, in fact, snowballed, landing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city's police leadership in a row.
Video taken Monday afternoon in Washington Square Park shows a snowball fight following an epic snowstorm devolving into some parkgoers apparently targeting police with snowballs.
Mamdani said afterwards that those involved shouldn't face charges, instead urging New Yorkers to treat officers with respect. But his response has him at odds with police leaders, who called his statements "disgraceful".
On Tuesday, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) released photos of four people they say assaulted officers with snowballs, injuring them.
"I want to be very clear," Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch wrote on social media the day of the fight. "The behavior depicted is disgraceful, and it is criminal."
