US EditionNYC Mayor Under Fire for Response to Officers Pelted with Snowballs
- Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of NYC, faced criticism for downplaying an attack on police officers hit by snowballs containing ice during a fight in Washington Square Park, calling it a snowball fight gone out of hand.
- Two officers were injured in the incident after attackers saw the word POLICE on their uniforms and began throwing ice-filled snowballs, with some mistaking the officers for ICE agents.
- NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned the attack on officers and vowed to protect them and hold those responsible accountable.
- Suspect Gusmane Coulibaly was charged with assault and other offenses, but District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office downgraded the charges and declined to pursue the assault charge against the officers.
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Mamdani’s NYC Flirts With Chaos
By Ben Shapiro via The Daily Signal | February 27, 2026 A brutal cold snap has gripped New York City and much of the East Coast, freezing streets, sidewalks—and, it seems, any remaining sense of civic restraint. In Washington Square Park, a group of adults began hurling snowballs and other objects at responding officers from the New York City Police Department. This was not playful roughhousing in a winter storm. Video shows grown men and women—…
NYPD top cop Jessica Tisch issues fierce defense of cops — after Mayor Mamdani, DA Bragg dismiss snowball attack
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Friday said she “will not tolerate any attacks on my cops, period” — after Mayor Zohran Mamdani and District Attorney...
Bowdoin College Grad AKA NYC Mayor Caught In Middle Of Political Snowball Fight
The alleged “white supremacy” Zohran Mamdani was railing against while attending Bowdoin College was nothing compared to the whiteout he’s now up against in New York City. In his first political firestorm as the first Muslim mayor of the nation’s largest city, Mamdani is being criticized for failing to support cops injured this week in [...] The post Bowdoin College Grad AKA NYC Mayor Caught In Middle Of Political Snowball Fight appeared first o…
Actually, the snowball battle was supposed to be a fun distraction from the New York winter storm. However, after police officers also got snowballs, the matter becomes the political issue between Mayor Mamdani and his police commissioner.
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