MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — Several NYPD officers were hit with snowballs and injured after responding to Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Monday.
Police say officers responded to the park around 4 p.m. for a report of multiple individuals on top of a roof inside the park.
They say the officers were then hit with snowballs, which caused injuries to the officers.
Multiple officers were taken to the hospital with lacerations to their face.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch took to social media on Monday night, calling the behavior “disgraceful” and “criminal.”
The PBA called the incident “unacceptable and outrageous.”
“This is the environment that NYC police officers are up against. Our police officers are being treated for their injuries, but the case CANNOT end there,” the PBA said in a statement on social media. “The individuals involved must be identified, arrested and charged with assault on a police officer. And all of our city leaders must speak up to condemn this despicable attack.”
DEA President Scott Munro called on Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to make sure the people responsible for the crime is prosecuted.
“No free pass. No get out of jail free card. Make no mistake: detectives will do what they always do. They will identify those involved and they will apprehend them,” Munro said in a statement. Our men and women in blue deserve to be safe. They deserve to be protected. And they deserve to be respected. They earn it every single day.”
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