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New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight
(www.newschannel5.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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There used to be cops who knew how to deal with people on a human level.
Then 9/11/2001 happened and every cop in America was told that they were the front line of the War On Terror.
Basic common sense was replaced by The Punisher mind set.
Pre 9/11 cops would have looked, reported that it was just a snowball fight and walked away. These idiots had to be tough guys.
Then Occupy happened, and everyone realized that all NYPD cops are bastards
Occupy happened a decade after 9/11/2001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
See 2004 RNC
Police officers in any other Nordic country likely would have joined in when they saw that all is fine and it's just a snowball fight
I live in NYC.
Some idiot would see the cops throwing snowballs and put a rock in theirs.
Well, they are the biggest gang in New York
Wrong!
https://youtu.be/JH1vUJxn8gU
I'd just throw rocks at the NYPD. No need for snow.
Yes, and your SO is a super model and you're an astronaut.
Who says we aren't?
If you're gonna act like you're on Reddit...
"Pix or it didn't happen."
Who says I'm acting like I'm on reddit?
If people are having a massive snowball fight in new York city, and cops show up and are concerned about people concealing rocks in the snow... There's hundreds of people there... Why not just throw a rock? Why have to hide it in a snowball?
I didn't think people on Fed were this fucking uptight.
Who says I'm uptight?
You want to throw a rock at a cop, be my guest. Just don't hide behind hundreds of other people who might be hurt when the police decide to react.
You spelled genius wrong
Learn some history.
Back in the day, when the Industrial Workers of the World did any action they had a squad that made sure no one threw rocks at the police. The IWW leadership knew that one cop with a bruise meant a few dozen innocent marchers with broken bones.
If starting trouble for other people makes you a 'genius' than Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for Science.
Good point, I stand corrected
Thank you
Off topic rant incoming in 3
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I don't like the phrase "thank you" because it's manners, but it has a pronoun inside. And so it puts Me in a really socially awkward position. And it's a position most people wouldn't understand. If someone has second person neopronouns, then "thank you" makes a person feel bad, while having really good intentions behind it, so if you complain or correct, it's really rude and it feels bad to do so. I try to avoid manners that have pronouns inside when I'm talking to strangers, but it would be unreasonable of Me to expect the same from most people. I like "thanks". But "thank you" makes Me feel bad, AND conflicted. It's the most annoying manners.
There's a problem with "you"?
It's just not one of My preferred pronouns
As a trans ally, your post was one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. As I have never heard someone complain about "you" before, I provided the opportunity to explain why it might be problematic. If you were sincere and not using this as a method to mock trans people you would have taken the opportunity to explain why "you" is problematic. Instead, you took a paragraph to state you did not like "Thank you" but refused to elaborate any further when asked.
Okay.
would one prefer y'all? i can try to remember that
Personally I use capitalised pronouns. And thanks.
We'll admit that's new to us, but we can get used to it. o7
Thank y'all
I was watching a clip of Gene Kelly doing a dance on roller skates yesterday. Absolutely incredible dancing on wheels. In the middle of the routine he does a stupid 'Chinaman' impression for absolutely no reason.
I had a choice. Stop watching, or accept that social norms change slowly.
Cool thanks.
That's why you started this post with "thank you"?
https://multiverse.soulism.net/comment/383242
Some Gross man trained cops to have a warrior mentality.
Was that before or after NYPD started training with the IDF? I've lost track of the excessive force saga at this point. Like I know we've got that douchecanoe whose name escapes me currently who was going around training cops that it's literally a war of Cops vs the Public and any random person they interact with IS actually out to kill them, the rapid militarization of American Police, and larger Police Forces like the NYPD doing exercises with the IDF but I cannot for the life of me remember which came first.