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25. How should they have stopped a snowball fight without getting hit with one?

Reply to Tim S (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 03:37 PM

17 hrs ago

It beats getting shot at with bullets.

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New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight [View all] Jilly_in_VA 22 hrs ago OP

Monumental cry babies JustAnotherGen 22 hrs ago #1

That's what I thought Jilly_in_VA 22 hrs ago #2

So two of the Police Officers in my borough JustAnotherGen 21 hrs ago #5

They all are... lame54 17 hrs ago #24

Join ice if you need to whine about snowballs. cbabe 22 hrs ago #3

You try to do YOUR job while being hit in the face by a barrage of snowballs Tim S 22 hrs ago #4

good bit WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #10

How should they have stopped a snowball fight without getting hit with one? AStern 17 hrs ago #25

It's not like they were plainclothes, c'mon. Tim S 17 hrs ago #28

Stray into the middle of a massive snowball fight... GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #6

not what happened. but, OK - let's make the story about what we WANT it to be stopdiggin 21 hrs ago #11

and OMGAWD, YOU'DA THOUGHT THEY KILLED THEM. a kennedy 21 hrs ago #7

Post removed Post removed 16 hrs ago #31

"So anyway, I started blasting." flvegan 21 hrs ago #8

They had a huge opportunity to do the "community outreach" that cops say they want to do, but god forbid you forget WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #9

they arrive, under orders to quell disturbance - and are immediately bombarded stopdiggin 21 hrs ago #12

Disturbance? PLEASE Jilly_in_VA 20 hrs ago #13

They were not "under orders to quell a disturbance." Someone called 911 "disorderly conduct in the park." They show up WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #14

Snowball. Fight. Try to keep up. nt GenThePerservering 19 hrs ago #16

Yep. Just a fren'ly lil old snowball fight ... (with cops and squad cars surrounded and pelted) stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #38

The hypocrisy is mind blowing. yardwork 20 hrs ago #15

Here's a video Renew Deal 19 hrs ago #17

Their presence was unwarranted Jilly_in_VA 18 hrs ago #18

Isn't this blaming the victim? Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #20

If city employees don't want to be pelted with snow and ice while at work, they should just find a new job, right? MichMan 16 hrs ago #30

and we will bend over backwards to defend - any and every manner of opposition ... (including assault ?) stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #39

Wet, heavy snow packed into a ball becomes ice, which can be very injurious to whomever is the target of it. Sogo 18 hrs ago #19

I guess someone missed the memo titled "Don't throw things at the cops." PeaceWave 18 hrs ago #21

Really? Come on now. Jilly_in_VA 17 hrs ago #23

Of course, really. Throwing anything at a police officer is not a smart thing to do. PeaceWave 17 hrs ago #27

The police forget who really runs this town SocialDemocrat61 18 hrs ago #22

Snowflakes Hit By Snowballs. Sad. Dave Bowman 17 hrs ago #26

Having watched the video, I feel like it's possible that all involved were acting like assholes. Jedi Guy 17 hrs ago #29

Someone called the police. The police had to respond. They couldn't just ignore the call... PeaceWave 16 hrs ago #32

"Someone called the police. The police had to respond. They couldn't just ignore the call..." Jedi Guy 12 hrs ago #35

solid post. solid reasoning. too bad more people here aren't practicing ... - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #40

Anyone want to volunteer to be in a snowball fight, get hit and badly injured in the fight by an iceball Wonder Why 13 hrs ago #33

Moral of the story Jilly_in_VA 12 hrs ago #34

Sure. Let's see how that works in a city of 8.5 million people. PeaceWave 11 hrs ago #37

It wasn't simple snow balls. It was packed ice and Melon 12 hrs ago #36

Snowflakes. Iggo 8 hrs ago #41