Eyewitnesses posted videos showing Monday’s incident. There had previously been a planned one Snowball-Major event took place in Washington Square Park. In the recordings you can see a roaring crowd, again and again officer with snowballs pelted at.

Police chief outraged: “The behavior depicted is criminal”

New York Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch posted about the incident on

The police union has also announced consequences. The President of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, Scott Munro, had clear words on this on X: “Make no mistake: The investigators will do what they always do. They will identify those involved and arrest them.”