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NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

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[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly this isn't super newsworthy. The crowd wasn't all that bad, and most of the cops handled it fine.

Here's the most complete recording of the event that I found:

https://youtu.be/AixdGwZ7TFE

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's newsworthy because crybaby pigs are launching an investigation because of a harmless snowball fight.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, that's fair, an investigation is a little silly. Political points to be gained I suppose.