Two men have been arrested and charged by the Manhattan district attorney after a large snowball fight in Washington Square Park left multiple NYPD officers hospitalized. Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, and Eric Wilson Jr., 18, face charges of harassment and obstructing government administration following the February 23 incident. The event has caused a major clash between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the police department.
According to The Guardian, the situation began when a blizzard shut down New York City, closing schools and leaving many young people with nowhere to go. Instagram chat show Sidetalk invited a crowd to Washington Square Park for a snowball fight. One attendee, Gabriella Yankovich, said it “started getting chaotic once people were throwing gigantic blocks of ice,” and she left shortly after.
