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.
In a statement Tuesday, the New York Police Department said multiple uniformed officers were struck in the face with snowballs and were “removed by EMS in stable condition” to a nearby hospital, but did not disclose additional information on their injuries.
Why were they “responding to a snowball fight”? What broke law were they investigating? What even made them go there? Yes the police shouldn’t of taken it to this level but also which grumpy person even called the in the first place?
Here’s the thing.
If someone calls 911 the police and EMS have to respond.
A while back in NYC there was some idiot who kept calling 911 and saying there was a murder going on at an abortion clinic.
They actually don’t have to respond. It would be insane if they did, and the system simply wouldn’t be able to function; the volume of calls (and for the most frivolous things) can be tremendous.
/used to work 911/dispatch
Don’t know what 911 system you worked in, but NYC sends PD or EMS or Fire to every call, not matter how obviously frivolous.
True, i get that. My question is who called them? Not asking for doxxing information just that who ever it was is probably angry and hateful in general and should be ashamed of themselves.