The Issue: Prosecutors reduce charges against a man arrested in the snowball-fight attack on NYPD officers.
Manhattan’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg should have this thug give a public and heartfelt apology to the police officers he injured with snowballs (“ ‘Kid’ you not, sir,” Feb. 27).
It is especially important that the public’s belief in safety is preserved.
Thomas Birnbaum
Manhattan
The mayor said it was nothing but a snowball fight. Now the disgraceful District Attorney’s Office has reduced the charges to harassment for the attacks with large snow boulders upon the gallant men and women of the NYPD.
I wonder: If the district attorney or the mayor were smashed on the head with a large chunk of snow, or even a small snowball, would they still feel the same way?
The people of New York City do not deserve the protections of the brave men and women who carry and wear the shield of the NYPD.
Arthur Mattor
Queens
All the retired cops from other generations must be shaking their heads in disbelief over this snowball incident.
The mayor saw no reason to properly respond to this vivid display of humiliation and disrespect. My guess is deep down, he enjoyed it. It fits well with his on-the-record feelings about the police.
As for NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, we applaud her for not caving in to the mayor’s misjudgment.
Phil Serpico
Queens
The mayor has sent a message that he condones the acts of violence against the police, and this will enable future acts of violence against the police.
This is totally unacceptable. Acts against the police will escalate. Criminals will feel the mayor is on their side and be emboldened, and nothing will happen to them. It’s a very bad situation for the city.
This is what New Yorkers voted for. This mentality cannot continue or we are all doomed.
Michael Castagna
Brooklyn
Let’s be real. This was no fun day in the park after a snowstorm. People weren’t cozied up around a bonfire passing around hot chocolate and singing “Kumbaya.”
Calling this an “innocent snowball fight” is an insult to actual snowball fights, which involve willing, enthusiastic participants on both sides. This was closer to target practice. My hat’s off to Commissioner Tisch for calling those acts criminal.
The irony is that if any one of those nitwits were in trouble and dialed 911, those same officers they pelted would have responded to help them in a New York minute.
Judy Petillo-Eggert
Long Branch, NJ
The entire court system is completely out of whack — from the revolving-door court system to prosecutors’ refusal to prosecute. Add to that Mayor Mamdani’s lack of respect for the NYPD which is revolting.
Perhaps the union can organize a good old-fashioned case of the blue flu for 48 hours and see how our mayor and his moronic constituents would appreciate and miss New York’s finest.
I grew up in Jackson Heights, and we learned to respect the Police, Fire and Sanitation departments. They were always there to help and serve us, and should be respected.
Mitchell Stern
Miami Beach, Fla.
Having interned in New York City as a Dutch exchange student back in 2008, I was looking forward to now introducing my kids to what I always considered to be the greatest city in the world.
But seeing images of NYPD officers pelted with huge chunks of snow makes me reconsider my visit this upcoming summer.
I don’t know whether I will feel safe walking the streets of New York with my family when even New York’s Finest can no longer withstand criminal mobs. You’re losing tourists, New York City.
M.J. Langelaar
Amsterdam
During my youth, if you threw snowballs and iceballs at cops, you would get arrested and sometimes end up with black eyes. Only criminals, and people who want to be criminals, would think about doing this.
And by the way, these were clearly not “kids” as Mamdani seems to think — they were full-grown adults.
Charlie Honadel
Venice, Fla.
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