Video: Massive Snowball Attack Injures Pelted NYPD Officers

Two NYPD officers were taken to the hospital with facial injuries after they were pelted by a crowd during a planned snowball fight in Washington Square Park.

By Colin Mixson

Source New York Daily News

Feb. 24, 2026

2 min read

What to know

NYPD were struck repeatedly by snowballs while responding to a disorderly conduct call during a planned snowball fight in Washington Square Park, resulting in two officers suffering facial injuries.
The injured officers were treated at the hospital, and no arrests were immediately announced.
The Detectives' Endowment Association and the Police Benevolent Association called for those responsible to be identified and charged with assault.

Massive Washington Square Park snowball fight. — People gather in Washington Square Park for a mass snowball fight Monday in Manhattan. NYPD officers were pelted with snowballs by the crowd while responding to a disturbance call inside the park.

Law enforcement advocates are demanding arrests after NYPD police officers were filmed being repeatedly pelted with snow as they walked through a massive, pre-planned snowball fight in Washington Square Park on Monday.

Video uploaded to social media at shows the officers being battered by snowballs outside the Washington Square Park Office and restrooms as dozens of parkgoers crowd around filming and jeering at the cops.

“F–king bitch,” one man can be heard screaming at the cops, while another yelled: “Get out of here.”

The officers were responding to a 911 complaint of disorderly conduct inside the park around 4:13 p.m., according to an NYPD spokesman.

Two officers suffered facial injuries and were treated at Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital, cops said.

The pelting occurred amid a pre-planned snowball fight inside the West Village park following a blizzard that dumped nearly 20″ of snow in Central Park Sunday into Monday.

“The Detectives’ Endowment Association is calling on Mayor Mamdani and District Attorney (Alvin) Bragg to ensure every individual responsible for this illegal behavior is prosecuted. No free pass. No get out of jail free card,” DEA President Scott Munro stated.

The Police Benevolent Association, which represents more than 50,000 active and retired NYPD police officers, posted a statement demanding the snow throwers be charged with assault.

“Our police officers are being treated for their injuries, but the case CANNOT end there,” read the PBA’s statement on X. “The individuals involved must be identified, arrested and charged with assault on a police officer.”

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