HAPPENING NOW🚨: Absolutely disgusting scene in Washington Square Park are out there this afternoon hurling snowballs at NYPD officers. Vile. No respect for Law Enforcement in New York.
🎥: @BGOnTheScene pic.twitter.com/2oohDJlQTD
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) February 23, 2026
🇺🇸 New Yorkers spent all day pelting police officers with snowballs.
This city has gone completely feral and everyone just watches it happen like entertainment.pic.twitter.com/ubhLy2B15w https://t.co/oc7r99cguY
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 24, 2026
Things got a little heated in Washington Square Park on Monday as crowds gathered for a giant snowball fight following the blizzard.
Organized by a social media page, the fight drew people from all over the city to the Manhattan park.
Video appears to show people deliberately throwing snowballs at the heads of officers walking by. Some NYPD cops ended up with cuts on their faces.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says detectives are looking into the videos.
She called the behavior depicted in them “disgraceful” and “criminal.”
The NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association called the incident “unacceptable and outrageous.”