Snowball assault on NYPD: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Mayor Mamdani’s blasé response to a crowd pelting NYPD officers with snowballs.
Mayor Mamdani sees this incident as simply “a snowball fight,” however the one manner it may very well be construed as a snowball combat is that if the NYPD officers have been in a position to combat back (“Mam: Cop pelt s’no biggie,” Feb. 25)
No, this was an assault on police.
I hope the commissioner stands her ground in protection of the police and finds all of the hoodlums accountable.
This mayor units a unhealthy instance for our youth.
Maria Musolino
Staten Island
Seeing the disgraceful actions towards the police by these people is disturbing to the bulk of the American people.
We all did silly issues once we have been younger — not dangerous however silly.
If we have been caught by the police, they’d both convey us home to our dad and mom or we might get hit within the legs by their nightsticks.
I believe if they bring about back the nightsticks these cowards wouldn’t be harassing the police.
Louis Ectoras
East Islip
The outrageous assault on our police officers in Washington Square Park and the asinine response to it by our boy mayor is infuriating.
I used to be a cop within the ’80s and I guarantee you, if this occurred then, Bellevue’s ER would have been overloaded within the aftermath.
Every one of the people concerned on this assault who will be recognized must be arrested and prosecuted.
Tolerating this kind of conduct will solely embolden this scum and foment more violent assaults on our officers.
Thomas Urban
Wantagh
How dare the mayor say people throwing snowballs at police was simply a snowball combat.
These officers have been there defending the people, not there to have people throw snowballs at their faces or the back of their heads.
This simply exhibits you how a lot respect for the police this mayor has.
Honestly, this might not have occurred years in the past as a result of there would have been hell to pay.
The police aren’t right here to have somebody ridicule them.
They’re not pawns — they shield all of the people on this metropolis.
This is an assault on the police and needs to be handled like one.
No one ought to put palms on officers doing their jobs — and in the event that they do, they must pay the price.
John Wilde
Massapequa Park
All New Yorkers needs to be ready to throw icy snowballs on the mayor each time he seems in public.
After all, it’s simply a snowball.
Lou Milo
Manhattan
NYPD officers being pelted with snowballs is definitely a direct consequence of a grand jury unwilling to indict a particular person for throwing a sandwich at a federal officer.
Although Mamdani minimizes the state of affairs, snowballs — most likely ice balls — current an unknown lethality to NYPD officers.
Two went to the hospital.
Attacks on federal brokers have progressed to assaults on NYPD officers as a result of Mamdani’s insurance policies have resulted within the metropolis surrendering to mob rule.
William T. Fidurski
Clark, NJ
Mayor Mam-dummy is exhibiting his true colours by minimizing the actions of the thugs attacking police officers in Washington Square Park.
His blatant disrespect for the NYPD is past comprehension.
If he did get hit by a snowball, the one that dared to throw it at him could be arrested and thrown in jail.
I pray for the harmless people of New York City who’re going to undergo by the hands of this mayor and his insurance policies.
Jean Cole
Juno Beach, Fla.
NYPD officers ought to refuse to serve on Mamdani’s element.
Why ought to they shield him when he refuses to guard them?
Besides, anybody who advocates abolishing the police doesn’t deserve police safety.
Gary Parker
Washington, DC
Mamdani refers back to the jokers in Washington Square Park assaulting cops with snowballs as “kids.”
Who does he suppose he’s kidding?
Most of them most likely have grownup arrest data.
If Hizzonner thinks it’s playful and cute to be hit at close vary with snowballs, then I counsel he give it a shot, as a result of loads of people would volunteer in a New York minute to accommodate him.
Charles Winokoor
Fall River, Mass.
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