pelespiritFeb 25

New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight

https://sh.itjust.works/post/55909933

New York City police investigating after officers were hit with snowballs during a snowball fight - sh.itjust.works

New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan. A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as snowballs fly at them from all directions, hitting the officers and covering them in snow. The officers, growing visibly frustrated, shoved at least two people to the ground as snowballs continued to whizz by. At one point, a person runs up behind an officer and mushes some snow onto his head. One of the officers can be seen rubbing his eye toward the end of the video. In a statement Tuesday, the New York Police Department said multiple uniformed officers were struck in the face with snowballs and were “removed by EMS in stable condition” to a nearby hospital, but did not disclose additional information on their injuries.

Show threadDagwoodIIIFeb 25

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. There idiots had to be tough guys.

Show threadPhoenixzFeb 25
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
Show threadDagwoodIIIFeb 25

I live in NYC.

Some idiot would see the cops throwing snowballs and put a rock in theirs.

Show threadGrailFeb 26
You spelled genius wrong
Show threadDagwoodIIIFeb 26

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.

Show threadGrail
Good point, I stand corrected
Feb 26 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadDagwoodIIIFeb 26
Thank you
Show threadGrailFeb 26

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.

Show threadDagwoodIIIFeb 26

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.

Show threadCileTheSaneFeb 26
There’s a problem with “you”?
Show threadGrailFeb 26
It’s just not one of My preferred pronouns
Show threadCileTheSaneFeb 26
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.
Show threadGrailFeb 27
Okay.
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamFeb 26
would you prefer y’all? i can try to remember that
Show threadGrailFeb 27
Personally I use capitalised pronouns. And thanks.
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamFeb 27
We’ll admit that’s new to us, but we can get used to it. o7
Show threadGrailFeb 27
Thank y’all
Show threadPhoenixDogFeb 26
Cool thanks.
Show threadCileTheSaneFeb 26

I don’t like the phrase “thank you”

That’s why you started this post with “thank you”?

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