{"id":2573337,"date":"2026-02-25T04:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-says-kids-in-a-snowball-fight-with-nypd-officers-shouldnt-face-criminal-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:33:42","slug":"mamdani-says-kids-in-a-snowball-fight-with-nypd-officers-shouldnt-face-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-says-kids-in-a-snowball-fight-with-nypd-officers-shouldnt-face-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani says \u2018kids&#8217; in a &#8216;snowball fight\u2019 with NYPD officers shouldn\u2019t face criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-says-kids-in-a-snowball-fight-with-nypd-officers-shouldnt-face-criminal-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2573337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Zohran Mamdani, described in the piece as New York City\u2019s mayor, said that people who threw snowballs at NYPD officers in Washington Square Park should not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists\/\" title=\"Belarusian Authorities Raid Homes And Offices Of Journalists And Activists\">face criminal charges<\/a>, likening the incident to \u201ckids in a snowball fight.\u201d He made the remark during a press conference after praising the NYPD for their work during the blizzard recovery, and he declined to say whether identified individuals should be charged, leaving that decision to others.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned the behavior as disgraceful and criminal, and said detectives are investigating. The Sergeants Benevolent association criticized the snowball attack as reckless and unlawful, with its president arguing that such conduct endangers public safety and undermines the rule of law. The piece also notes broader debates about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/looks-like-defunding-police-didnt-go-well-in-minneapolis-tx-gov-abbott-slams-city-council-after-new-funding\/\" title=\"\u2018Looks Like Defunding ... Didn\u2019t Go Well In Minneapolis\u2019: TX Gov. Abbott Slams ... Council After New Funding\">anti-police rhetoric<\/a> and police-community tensions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >includes embedded social media content related<\/a> to the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mamdani says &lsquo;kids&rsquo; in a &lsquo;snowball fight&rsquo; with NYPD officers shouldn&rsquo;t face criminal charges<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2515416\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t believe the people who threw snowballs at NYPD officers on Monday should face criminal charges. Instead, he likened it to &ldquo;kids in a snowball fight&rdquo; while commenting on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4468924\/mamdani-anti-police-rhetoric-blamed-nypd-officers-pelted-snowballs\/\">incident<\/a> during a press conference on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I&rsquo;ve seen videos of kids throwing snowballs at members of the NYPD in Washington Square Park,&rdquo; Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4471164\/read-in-full-president-donald-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech\/\">READ IN FULL: President Donald Trump&#8217;s State of the Union speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4470271\/inside-chamber-state-of-the-union-trump-under-democrats-skin\/\">Inside the Chamber: Trump gets under Democrats&#8217; skin at State of the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4471014\/trump-uncompromising-populist-vision-state-of-the-union\/\">Trump offers uncompromising populist vision of America&#8217;s future during State of the Union<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After praising the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nypd\/\">NYPD<\/a> for their hard work and &ldquo;being on the front line&rdquo; of helping New York City in its blizzard recovery efforts, he was asked a question by a reporter if he thought those involved with throwing snowballs at police officers should face criminal charges if they were to be identified.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From the videos that I&rsquo;ve seen, it looks like a snowball fight,&rdquo; Mamdani said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He was asked a follow-up question about whether people were overreacting to the video, but Mamdani declined to answer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll leave it to others to share their opinions, but I&rsquo;ve shared mine,&rdquo; Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s comments came after New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch categorized the occurrence as &ldquo;disgraceful&rdquo; and &ldquo;criminal.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The NYPD is aware of certain videos taken earlier today in Washington Square Park showing individuals attacking cops,&rdquo; Tisch <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nypdpc\/status\/2026128921905803638?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a post on X on Monday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NYPD is aware of certain videos taken earlier today in Washington Square Park showing individuals attacking cops.<\/p>\n<p>I want to be very clear: The behavior depicted is disgraceful, and it is criminal.<\/p>\n<p>Our detectives are investigating this matter.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jessica S. Tisch (@NYPDPC) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDPC\/status\/2026128921905803638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to be very clear: The behavior depicted is disgraceful, and it is criminal,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Our detectives are investigating this matter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Sergeants Benevolent Association slammed the snowball attack on NYPD officers, calling it &ldquo;reckless&rdquo; and &ldquo;unlawful,&rdquo; Fox News reported. The organization also said that those who threw snowballs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-embrace-thugs-smear-to-attack-ice-agents\/\" title=\"Democrats Embrace &#039;Thugs&#039; Smear To Attack ICE Agents\">police officers &#038;ldquo<\/a>;crossed a line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The behavior of the people throwing the snowballs, many of whom are believed to be NYU students, was reckless and unlawful, and put the lives and safety of others at risk,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mamdani-minimizes-snowball-attack-nypd-opposes-charges-despite-hospitalizations\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> SBA president Vincent Vallelong in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4468924\/mamdani-anti-police-rhetoric-blamed-nypd-officers-pelted-snowballs\/\"><strong>MAMDANI&rsquo;S ANTI-POLICE RHETORIC BLAMED AFTER NYPD OFFICERS GET PELTED WITH SNOWBALLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-vote-down-bill-banning-federal-funding-for-crt-segregated-learning\/\" title=\"Democrats Vote Down Bill Banning Federal Funding For CRT, Segregated Learning\">individuals choose<\/a> to turn a park into a launching ground for attacks on police, they cross a clear line,&rdquo; said Vallelong. &ldquo;Today it is snowballs. Tomorrow it could be rocks, bottles, or worse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No worker in this city should be subjected to having objects thrown at them while they do their job &mdash; least of all the men and women who run toward danger to protect others,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mamdani-minimizes-snowball-attack-nypd-opposes-charges-despite-hospitalizations\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;This conduct emboldens further disorder and undermines respect for the rule of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamdani: snowballers like kids, shouldn&#8217;t face charges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2573338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25312633369085.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[4247,56552,6703,74527],"class_list":["post-2573337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-kids","tag-mamdani","tag-nypd","tag-snowball-fight-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25312633369085.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573337"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573341,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573337\/revisions\/2573341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}